GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Trine University Baseball team dropped both games of a double header this afternoon to Calvin. Trine lost 7-5 and 6-5 and are now 9-18 (3-8 MIAA) Calvin is 16-11 (9-2 MIAA).
 
In game one, Trine fell 7-5. Calvin walked in Cole Schmidthuber to spot the visitors a 1-0 advantage in the third, the Knights scored the next six to take a 6-1 lead into the fifth. Trine scored again in the fifth on a bases loaded hit by pitch that brought in William Taczak. Calvin scored a final run in the bottom of the fifth. Steven Kessinger and Henry Williams closed out the game on the mound and did not allow a run to keep Trine in striking distance. Joel Walton hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth to score Schmidthuber, Temple added a left field bomb in the seventh and Taczak notched an RBI single in the eighth. Trine was not able to find anymore offense in the ninth and came up short, 7-5.
 
Trine got the bats going early in game two. Nathan Gilmet scored Luke Burford on a first inning sac fly. Burford then hit a single that advanced Brody Bond to third who then scored on a throwing error. Cole Schmidthuber scored on a sac bunt from Tyler Wise and Trine rounded out their second inning scoring with an RBI double by Joel Walton that scored Burford. Trine led 4-1. Will Gimbel was effective on the mound, striking out six in eight innings of work and allowing four earned runs to his offense's five. Trine added their fifth run on a Calvin error in the seventh. Trine led 5-2 in the ninth but Calvin tied the game and forced extra innings and would ultimately win the game in the 11^th on an RBI double.
 
Trine will host Adrian tomorrow in a make up of the game originally scheduled for Wednesday, that game will start at 1:00 p.m.