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ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Ichabods got a pair of strong pitching performances from their opening day starters as they split a doubleheader Friday at Lindenwood. The Lions came back in the seventh inning to win game one 5-2 and then Washburn held on for a 1-0 win in the second game.
 
Washburn (1-1, 1-1 MIAA) was the home team in both games after the series was moved from Topeka to Lindenwood's field due to wet conditions. The two teams will wrap up the series Saturday at noon with another twin bill.
 
Connor Crimmins led off the sixth inning of game two with a walk and then later scored on a double from Matt Jackson for the only run of the game. Jackson ended that game 2 for 4 and David Gauntt was 3 for 3. Maustin Otterstatter pitched the final four innings in relief to get the win. He allowed four hits and struck out four. The Lions left two runners on base in the sixth and one each in the seventh, eighth and ninth.
 
Washburn's two starters combined to allow four hits and an unearned run with 14 strikeouts in 11 innings of work. Taylor Gentry started game two and allowed just one hit with eight strikeouts through the first five innings. Brett Ash started the opener and allowed an unearned run off three hits with six strikeouts. He moved to sixth in career strikeouts at Washburn, now with 154 after he started the year eighth.
 
The Ichabods took a 2-1 lead in the first game with a pair of runs in the second inning. Gauntt doubled in Jackson and then later scored on an error.
 
Both teams went scoreless the rest of the way until the Lions (3-4, 1-1 MIAA) took the lead in the top of the seventh with four runs off two hits, two walks and an error. Kyle Carnahan led off the bottom of the seventh with a single but a double play later ended the game. Alex Laughlin started on the mound in the seventh inning and gave up the first three runs to get the loss.
 
Four different Ichabods ended with one hit each in the first game while Washburn got nine hits in the second game.