GAMBIER – The Wilmington College baseball team stepped away from Ohio Athletic Conference and dropped a pair of non-conference games to Kenyon Wednesday.

GAME ONE: KENYON 10, WILMINGTON 3

Sophomore Jake Hyatt was 2-for-4 with a double, homer and an RBI to lead the Fightin’ Quakers offensively. Hyatt homered to open the second, and junior Kyle Short singled home a run in the second.

Freshman Nick Silvis had an RBI single in the sixth inning to cap the WC scoring. Junior Joshua Chua finished 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored.

Sophomore Jarett Trautman, 0-5, was saddled with the loss, allowing six earned runs on nine hits in 2 2/3 innings.

GAME TWO: KENYON 20, WILMINGTON 7

Silvis and freshman Shane Hale each had three hits for WC. The three hits were a career-high for Hale. After missing the bulk of the season with an injury, Hale is five of his last eight with two runs scored.

Junior Jake Robinson finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and WC’s lone extra base hit – a double. Chua extended his hitting streak to five games, going 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.

Freshman Lance Fleischman, 1-1, allowed five runs on four hits with four walks in 3 2/3 innings.

Wilmington returns to Delaney-Tewksbury Field 1 p.m. Saturday to host Mount Union in an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader.