WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Evan Sante (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum) smacked a walk-off double off the wall to help the Washington & Jefferson College baseball team to a split of Monday's Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader with visiting Grove City at Ross Memorial Park. 

The split puts the Presidents at 5-1 in conference play and 14-6 overall. The Wolverines record moves to 3-1 in the PAC and 15-6 in 2023. 

Grove City 13, W&J 7
 
The Wolverines built an early lead and cruised to the victory in the opener. Grove City, who had hit just four home runs in 19 games this season, tallied three home runs in the game one win. 
 
Grove City put up eight runs on the top of the second inning. Markus Williams hit a two-run home run to give the Wolverines a 2-0 lead. Later in the frame, a three-run shot by Josh Minnich to extend the lead to 8-0. The Wolverines tacked on another run in the top of the fourth inning to stretch the advantage to 9-0. 
 
W&J got on the board with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 9-2. Logan Scheider (Oakdale, Pa./West Allegheny) and Tyler Horvat (Irwin, Pa./Penn Trafford) both singled and scored on a two-run RBI hit by Evan Sante (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum). 
 
The Presidents made things interesting with four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. W&J opened the inning with five-straight hits. Nolan Lutz(McDonald, Pa./South Fayette) collected an RBI single to chase Grove City starter Tate Ostrowski. Joe Lehner (Painesville, Ohio/Lake Catholic) greeted the Wolverines' reliever Evan Umland with a three-run home run to right to trim the deficit to 9-6. 

Grove City responded with a four-spot in the top of the ninth to put the game away. A three-run home run by C.J. Saylor extended the lead to 13-6 to conclude the scoring. 

Lutz finished with three more hits in the first game. Horvat, Sante, Scout Zaas (Powell, Ohio/Wellington School), Sam Schuster (Fairport Harbor, Ohio/Fairport Harding) and Scheider registered two hits apiece. 

Shane Fox (Valencia, Pa./Mars Area) suffered the loss on the mound. Nate Nolan (McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny) tossed 5.1 strong innings of relief. Nolan allowed just one run on two hits and struck out three. 

W&J 2, Grove City 1
 
Sante provided the dramatics in game two as W&J walked off with the victory to earn the split. 

Grove City opened the scoring with a solo tally in the top of the third inning. The Wolverines held that lead all the way until the seventh inning.

W&J evened the score in the bottom of the seventh. Lutz led off the seventh with an infield hit then moved to second on a sac bunt by Zaas. Lutz then made a heads up base running play to steal third base. Sante followed with a one-out RBI single to left field to score Lutz and knot the score at 1-1. 

The Presidents earned the win in the ninth when Zaas led off with a double down the right field line. Sante then delivered the game-winning hit with a RBI double off the wall that plated John Klein (Vienna, Va./Madison). 

Sante finished with two runs and two RBI to lead the game two efforts. 

Horvat improved to 6-2 on the season. The senior went the distance for the complete game victory. Horvat struck out six and walked none. He allowed one run on five hits. This marks the fourth time in Horvat's career that he tossed a nine-inning complete game.
 
On Deck: W&J continues its busy week when they host Point Park for a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday, April 4. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.