Game One Box Score l Game Two Box Score

Oberlin, Ohio - Oberlin College junior Ben Puterbaugh went 5-for-5 with two doubles, two home runs and three walks to help the Yeomen earn a split with Kenyon College on a windy Saturday afternoon at Dill Field as the Lords took game one 10-4 before OC bounced back with a 9-3 win in the nightcap.

Puterbaugh, who raised his batting average up to .580 with today's performance, now has 40 hits on the season and needs just four more to surpass current assistant coach Seth Binder as the school's single season hits leader. Binder had 43 base hits during the 2006 season.

In the game-two victory it wasn't just Puterbaugh who did all of the work as junior Grady Campion arguably turned in the best performance of his career as he tossed six innings and allowed just two runs while scattering eight hits along the way. The southpaw threw 88 pitches, 60 of which went for strikes.

The Yeomen (12-6, 5-1 NCAC) posted three runs in each of the first two innings. The home half of the first featured Puterbaugh's first round-tripper and another two-run bomb by Ben Kauder.

In the second inning, the Yeomen got two home runs again – well kind of – as Brad Hantler benefited from two Kenyon errors on the same play for a “little league like” inside-the-park home run. However, Puterbaugh would come through with another legitimate two-run shot to right field.

In the fifth it was Max Phinney who would benefit from the stiff winds that reached up to 45 miles per hour at times as he lifted a ball to right field that soared over the wall for his second home run of the season.

OC added two more in the sixth on a sac fly by Brandon Cantrill and an intentional first-and-third double steal play that allowed Jason James to score before Puterbaugh was tagged out on the play.

In game one the Lords (5-10, 2-4 NCAC) scored seven runs over the first three innings and never looked back.

James got the start on the mound, but was touched up for 10 runs (nine earned) in 4.1 innings. However, he did strike out five and walk just one. Ryan Mouch came out of the pen and pitched a scoreless 2.2 innings as he surrendered just three hits. Out of his 41 pitches, 26 went for strikes.

Oberlin tried to claw its way back into the game with single tallies in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, but it was too little too late for the Yeomen.

These same two teams will complete the four-game set with another double-dip tomorrow at 1 p.m. Fans that cannot make it to the games can follow all of the action via live statistics.