CRESTWOOD, Ill. - With an early lead in both games of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, Trinity International would end up with a split, taking game one over the Roosevelt Lakers 10-7, but falling in game two 11-9.

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Freshman pitcher Chris Isaac earned his fourth win of the season in game one, throwing all seven innings and allowing six earned runs in the shootout victory. Designated hitter Joel Stephenson drove in a team-high three RBI, while junior right fielder Zach Kentner hit his first home run as a Trojan in the 4th inning.

The Trojans (11-16, 3-8 CCAC) jumped ahead early in the first game of the day, when Stephenson hit a two-out triple to left field, driving home Nick Gehrt and Adam Gomski. In the next at-bat Justin VanderNaald would hit a ground-rule double to bring home Stephenson for the 3-0 lead. Roosevelt (8-17, 4-8 CCAC) responded in the bottom half of the inning with an inside-the-park home run in their first trip to the plate.

After Kentner's solo shot and the Lakers' two-run rally in the bottom of the 3rd, Trinity broke out for six runs on three hits in the 4th. Jeff Lindberg drew a walk with the bases loaded to start the rally, then Gomski would single to right, driving home Gehrt and Kentner. The Trojans would go up 10-3 by the end of the inning with Stephenson recording a sacrifice fly, and Ethan Jarvis scoring on an error. Roosevelt would chip away at the lead over the next three innings, but Isaac retired the side in order in the bottom of the 7th to secure the win.

Trinity again struck first in game two, scoring three runs in the top of the first highlighted by Michael Balistreri's two-RBI triple, scoring Gomski and Lindberg. Roosevelt would score two runs of their own in the 1st, but Stephenson extended the Trojans lead with his second triple of the day, driving in two more runs for the 5-2 advantage.

The Lakers would again close the gap, and Trinity would again extend their lead, scoring four in the top of the 5th, with RBIs for Gomski, VanderNaald, and Jarvis. With two runs in the bottom of the 5th and three more in the 6th, Roosevelt would tie the game at 9-9 before taking the lead on a balk in the 7th. The Lakers would pick up an insurance run in the 8th to secure the final score.

Trinity returns home on Monday afternoon, when they make up an earlier-scheduled game with the Robert Morris Eagles, beginning at 3:00 p.m.