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MARYVILLE, Mo. -- Washburn gave up a six-run seventh inning in the opener at Northwest Missouri but Richard Swan drove in a season-high five runs in the second game to give Washburn a split in their doubleheader Monday at Northwest Missouri. The Bearcats took the first game 9-8 and Washburn held on in the second game for a 7-5 win.

The Ichabods moved to 23-21 overall and tied for fifth in the MIAA standings at 19-17. They will enter the final weekend of the regular season looking to hold onto one of the six spots in the MIAA postseason tournament and improve their seed. They'll play a home-and-away series with Emporia State starting with two games Friday at 3 p.m. Saturday they'll wrap up the regular season with a 3 p.m. doubleheader at Falley Field. Between games Saturday Washburn will honor the nine seniors with its Senior Day ceremony.

Swan went 3 for 4 in the second game and he produced his five runs with two doubles. He drove in two with a shot to left field in the second and another double in the eighth drove in three more.

Tyler Bean led off the second with a walk and moved to second on a single from Marcus Peavler and then to third on a hit by Blaine Matthews. He then scored on a fielder's choice grounder by Blake Hageman. Peavler and Hageman then scored on Swan's double to give Washburn a 3-0 lead.

Washburn starter Trent Speaker kept the Bearcats hitless until the fourth but a double play by the Washburn infield erased that single. The Bearcats did break through with two runs in the fifth on four hits and then they got one more in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game. Washburn scored in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly from Connor Crimmins to put Washburn back on top but the Bearcats tied it again in the bottom of the inning with a run.

Swan's three-run double in the eighth broke the tie and made the difference. Bean singled with one out and then he and Peavler were safe on a Northwest Missouri error. Hageman was later hit by a pitch to lead the bases for Swan.

Richard Mais earned the win (3-0) as he pitched the seventh and the eighth and Brad Alberts pitched the ninth to get his first save of the year.

Washburn led for most of the first game until Northwest Missouri rallied in the seventh and final inning. The Bearcats trailed 8-3 when they started the seventh. With one out, Bean, Washburn's starter in the opener, gave up four hits and hit a batter to let two Northwest Missouri runners in. He was pulled with the bases loaded and reliever Joey Hinckley gave up a grand slam to Jake Kretzer to give the Bearcats the walk-off win.

Bean gave up the first eight runs, all of them earned, off 11 hits. Hinckley was responsible for just the winning run, giving him his first loss of the year (0-1).

The Ichabods led the entire way after scoring in the second and they built a five-run cushion with three runs in the top of the seventh. Alberts doubled Boone Plager in and then David Lammers' single drove in Alberts and Peavler.

The Ichabods opened scoring in the second on RBI singles from Hageman and Connor Crimmins and a sacrifice fly from Swan. After the Bearcats got two in the third, Washburn added two more in the sixth on a sacrifice bunt from Hageman that scored Lammers and then Matthews scored from third when Crimmins grounded into a double play.

Washburn had 11 hits and the Bearcats had 12, getting five of them in the seventh and final inning.