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DANVILLE, Ky. – The Hendrix College and Centre College baseball teams split a pair of Southern Athletic Association low-scoring games at Gary Wright Field on Saturday afternoon. The host Colonels (8-5, 3-2) won the opener 1-0, while the Warriors (6-13, 2-6) rebounded to take the nightcap 2-1 in seven innings.

In game two, Hendrix senior Ted Smoyer (2-1) struck out three and allowed just four hits, a run, two walks and hit two batters in seven innings to pick up the win. Kyle Neu (3-1) struck out eight, but allowed five hits and an earned run for Centre.

The Warriors scored in the top of the second when junior first baseman Thomas Weber led off with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a base hit from sophomore third baseman Brady Newville. With two outs in the sixth, junior center fielder Collin Radack extended his hitting streak to a school-record 21 games, breaking Daniel Ward's old mark of 19 in 2008, with a an infield single. The Austin, Texas native then stole second and scored on a Weber ground ball that resulted in an error.

The Colonels scored one in the bottom of the seventh when third baseman Phil Brilli and left fielder Sean Cole led off with back-to-back base hits. After a sacrifice bunt, Brilli scored on a ground out to first base. Smoyer got Trey Litsey to ground for the final out of the game.

The Warriors only had five hits, coming from Radack, Weber, Newville, sophomore shortstop Ryan Ritz and sophomore catcher Seth Mobley.

In the first game, Centre scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the sixth when shortstop Aaron Ammann led off with a single and center fielder Jake Johnson walked to start the inning. After a balk by Hendrix freshman starter Will Nichol, Litsey knocked in Ammann from third base with a ground ball that resulted in an error.

Colonel starter Joe Nash (3-2) struck out seven and allowed four hits in eight scoreless innings for the win. Litsey allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth to earn his first save of the year. Nichol (0-2) lasted six innings, giving up four hits, one run, three walks and five strikeouts. Freshman Kyle Teachout threw two perfect innings of relief for the Warriors.

Freshman left fielder Zach Crenshaw had two hits for Hendrix and Weber and freshman shortstop Brandon Smith both had one. Radack had one hit and stole a base. Ammann led Centre with two hits.

Hendrix and Centre will play the final game of the series on Sunday at 12 p.m. central .