GAME STATS 1 | GAME STATS 2 PICTURED ABOVE: Trey Martin allowed just two hits in six innings of work and struck out six on Saturday.

Danville, Ky.- The Wheaton baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader to the Centre College Colonels on Saturday, losing both games by identical 2-1 scores. Both games involved late inning drama including a walk-off wild pitch that gave Centre the victory in extra innings in the second game of the day. Wheaton is now 1-2 on the season while Centre improves to 2-3.

Scoring opportunities were scarce in game one as Wheaton's Michael Kaufman matched zeros with Centre's Kyle Neu for the first two innings. After Centre stranded a runner on third base in the bottom of the second inning, Wheaton responded by taking the lead by capitalizing on a Centre mistake. With one out, Josh Kimmel reached on a Colonel error, stole second and moved to third on a single by Johnny Peltz. After Peltz stole second, Justin Swider struck out swinging on a ball in the dirt. As Centre threw to first to retire Swider, Kimmel broke for home and a scamper to the plate giving the Thunder a 1-0 lead.

Kaufman tip-toed out of trouble in the bottom of the third with an inning-ending double play ball but couldn't do the same in the sixth when Centre pushed a run across with two outs to tie the score at 1-1. Centre threatened again in the home of the seventh inning, putting runners on second and third with just one out, but Peter Moran was able to use a strikeout and a ground out to end the threat.

In the top of the eighth inning, Matt Schappell (PICTURED RIGHT) led off with a double and was sacrificed to third base but the Thunder could not come up with the big hit and the game remained tied. That tie would not last long as Centre manufactured a run in the bottom of the eighth with a two-out walk, a stolen base and an RBI single that gave the Colonels the 2-1 cushion they would finish with.

Offense continued to be hard to come by in game two with Trey Martin matching up with Centre's Rob Caudill. Wheaton threatened with two runners on and one out in the top of the third inning and again in the top of the fifth inning when the Thunder pushed runners to second and third with two outs and again came up empty-handed.

Wheaton put runners on second and third with just one out in the top of the sixth inning, but Swider was thrown out at the plate on a fielder's choice and the Thunder couldn't come away with a run. Finally, Wheaton got on the board in the top of the seventh inning when Taylor Howe led off with a hit by pitch. Matt Schappell and Kimmel sacrificed Howe to third and Kyle Mellinger came up with the big hit to put Wheaton on the board.

The Colonels quickly erased the lead with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the seventh but Tom Bishop held down Centre down for the rest of the inning and forced the game into extra innings. In the home eighth, Centre moved runners to second and third with two outs and a wild pitch brought home the game-ending run.