REDLANDS, Calif. – In game one of their doubleheader, and game two of the series, the University of Redlands baseball team (11-7) won 8-1 behind Erik Radder's 7.1, one-run innings. In game two they scored five times in the eighth to secure a 10-4 victory and a 2-1 series win.

Game 1: Redlands 8 – Franklin and Marshall 1

Rylan Morris singled, and Tyler Preece was hit by a pitch in the first inning, but a double play would end the scoring threat.

In the second inning, however, Will Cell drove in Jake Burgess and Nate Miller with a two-run double into left center with two outs.

In the third Morris led off the inning with a single, and despite no other Bulldog hits, he came home for a 3-0 lead on a wild pitch after a stolen base and throwing error by the catcher that allowed him get to third.

The third, fourth, and fifth consecutive innings with a run came in the fourth through the sixth when Kaiya Saito singled and scored Burgess in the fourth, Burgess doubled home Preece in the fifth, and Cell made it 6-0 on a wild pitch in the sixth.

The Diplomats broke up the shutout when they scored an unearned run in the seventh on a single.

With two on and one out in the eighth Aaron Holley came out and brought in Tanner Currier from the bullpen. He would come in, and on two pitches, he induced a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat.

Redlands got the run back from the seventh and added an extra run in the eighth thanks to an RBI-double from Luke De Vries and an RBI-single from Preece.

Burgess went 3-for-4 from his seventh position in the lineup. Morris, Preece, and Cell all had two-hit games. Radder threw 7.1 innings with no earned runs as he struck out four on only 96 pitches. Currier got his first collegiate save after throwing 1.2 scoreless innings.

Game 2: Redlands 10 – Franklin and Marshall 4

The rubber match game of the series saw the Diplomats score first and hold the Bulldogs scoreless until the fourth. In the fourth the tying run came home on a Miller sacrifice fly.

The lead was three after five innings thanks to a Preece single through the left side and a pair of wild pitches.

In the seventh Franklin and Marshall tied the game at four, but Currier stranded the lead run at third base.

In the bottom of the seventh Mark Kirkland had the game-winning RBI on a sacrifice fly to right that scored pinch runner Aziz Bishop.

Following a bases loaded walk by CJ Brown, Kirkland stepped up and put the game to bed with a grand slam to right in the eighth.

Kirkland had five of the eight RBI. Nathan Buchan battled through six innings with three runs allowed and seven strikeouts. Currier got the win after throwing two innings. Brett Edwards ended it with a one-two-three ninth on 10 pitches.

Redlands remains at home for a single game with Dickinson College tomorrow, March 10, at 3 p.m. at The Yard.