MARION, Ind. -- Indiana Wesleyan baseball scored 39 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Grace (Ind.) on Saturday afternoon at Wildcat Field. Nine Wildcats combined to hit 10 home runs in 27-5 and 12-4 victories over the Lancers.

GAME VITALS

• Game 1:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Grace, 27-5
• Game 2:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Grace, 12-4
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 18-13, 4-1 Crossroads League   |   Grace 10-13, 2-4 Crossroads League
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - Not ranked   |   Grace - Not ranked
• Location:   Wildcat Field   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana
   

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• Indiana Wesleyan scored 17 runs in the first three innings. IWU capped the explosive stretch with a nine run 3rd inning.
• Wapahani High School grads and Indiana Wesleyan freshmen Hayden Castor and Grant Thompson each hit a grand slam. Thompson hit his in the 2nd inning while Castor followed with one in the 3rd inning.
• Indiana Wesleyan outhit Grace 24-5 as nine Wildcats recorded a hit. Seven players produced multi-hit efforts.
• The 27 runs is the most for IWU since a 27-0 win at Ecclesia (Ark.) in the 2016 opener on February 12, 2016.
• Jordan Wharton:  3-for-5, BB, HR, 3 RBI, 5 R
• Brandon Shaffer:  3-for-5, 2 BB, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 5 R
• Caleb Eder:  4-for-5, 2 BB, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R
• Brady West:  3-for-5, BB, 2B, 2 RBI, 4 R
• Grant Thompson:  2-for-4, GS, 2B, 4 RBI, 2R
• Hayden Castor:  4-for-6, GS, 6 RBI
• Ryan Bixler:  3-for-6, HR, 2 R
• Kyle Hall:  2.0 IP, W, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K
   

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• Game two was a non-league game.
• Grace plated three runs in the 1st inning and held that lead until the 3rd inning. Indiana Wesleyan put a six spot on the scoreboard in the 3rd and added three runs in each of the 4th and 5th innings for a 12-3 advantage.
• Brandon Shaffer:  3-for-4, RBI, R
• Andrew Breytenbach:  1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI
• Hayden Castor:  2-for-4, RBI, R
• Tanner Killian:  1-for-3, BB, HR, 3 RBI
• Blaine Reed:  1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI
• Shea Durham:  1-for-2, BB, HR, RBI, 2 R
   

NEXT TIME OUT

• Indiana Wesleyan battles Huntington (Ind.) in a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m. on Monday. The Crossroads League games will be played at Wildcat Field.