GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Golden Eagles were back in action to start Easter weekend with a double header against Michigan-Dearborn. After falling early 4-0 in game one to UMD, Cornerstone answered with nine unanswered runs on their way to a 9-6 win. In game two, the Golden Eagles offense powered the way to a 15-11 win to move their win streak to four straight. Baseball is now 9-18 on the year as they will travel to Madonna for a double header starting at 1 p.m. tomorrow afternoon.
 
Game One Highlights – Cornerstone – 9 UM-Dearborn - 6

• After an error by the Golden Eagles, there were runners on second and third with one out for UM-Dearborn. A single and a wild pitch later would give them a 2-0 lead. The next two batters would hit doubles to make it 4-0 after the top of the first.
• JC Salinas opened the bottom of the first with a double off the left field wall and would score on a single from Matthew Kindley to make it a 4-1 game.
• After a miscue from the UM-Dearborn outfielder, Corbin Westerkamp finds himself at second with an RBI double that scored Steve Hoeksema to make it 4-2. JC Salinas would hit his second double of the game that would score Westerkamp to make it 4-3 after the second inning.
• Michigan-Dearborn opened the third with back-to-back doubles to extend their lead 5-3.
• Singles from Andrew Meny and Matthew Kindley got the bottom of the third going as another single from the Golden Eagles, this time from Gannon Fox brought home Meny to make it 5-4. Ben Barnes would later tie the game on a sac fly as it is 5-5 after the third inning.
• Three straight hits to open the fourth inning sees Drew Goodman bring two home on a single that gave Cornerstone their first lead of the game, 7-5. Lucas Vega would bring another run in with a single into right field as it is now an 8-5 CU lead headed into the fifth.
• Brody Nelson has settled into a nice rhythm since the first inning putting another zero on the board in the fifth.
• Corbin Westerkamp finds open space for his third hit of the day that would bring in another run to make it 9-5 in the fifth inning.
• Michigan-Dearborn hits two doubles in the top of the seventh to make it 9-6 but Levi Heerema would limit the damage as Cornerstone would win game one 9-6.

 
Game Two Highlights – Cornerstone – 15 UM-Dearborn - 11

• UM-Dearborn strikes first in game two as a bloop single brings in one, as the Wolverines now lead 1-0.
• JC Salinas opened the bottom of the first with a leadoff homerun to tie the game 1-1. After a few hits and a rare catcher's interference, the Golden Eagles took a 3-1 lead after the first inning.
• UM-Dearborn scored a run right back in the second, taking advantage of free passes as Cornerstone would walk in a run to make it 3-2. Dearborn would score one more to make it 3-3 but a nice defensive play from JC Salinas nabbed the runner sleeping at third to get out of the inning.
• Cornerstone took the lead right back in the bottom of the second thanks to a wild pitch. CU now leads 4-3 heading into the third inning.
• Dearborn ties the game four, taking advantage of a Cornerstone error as the game heads into the bottom of the fourth.
• The game continues to go back-and-forth as Andrew Eley singles up the middle to bring home Fox to retake the lead 5-4. Matthew Kindley breaks the game wide open with a bases clearing triple to make it 8-4. Lucas Vega would follow with a double to give Cornerstone a five-run inning as they now lead 9-4 after the fourth.
• Drew Goodman hits one through the wind for a three-run homerun to give Cornerstone a 12-4 lead in the bottom of the fifth. Matthew Kindley makes it back-to-back as he hits a long homerun to make it 13-4. That is the second and third homeruns of the day for the Golden Eagles
• Ben Barnes opened the bottom of the sixth with a leadoff triple and would later score on a Gannon Fox sac fly, making it 14-4.
• Three doubles from UM-Dearborn saw them score two, making it a 14-6 game in the top of the seventh.
• Michigan-Dearborn continued to put pressure on the Golden Eagles as a two-run double makes it 14-8 in the top of the eighth. Another double and a single makes it 14-10 as there are still no outs. Cornerstone got out of the inning with a nice defensive play to head to the bottom of the eighth.
• The Golden Eagles would add an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on an Andrew Eley sac fly, making it 15-10 heading into the final inning.
• UM-Dearborn tallies on one more in the ninth but the Golden Eagles win game two 15-11.

 
By The Numbers
31 – Cornerstone tallied 31 hits between the two games
21 – There was 21 doubles combined between the two teams
3 – Cornerstone hit three homeruns – one by Drew Goodman, Matthew Kindley, and JC Salinas
 
What's Next?
Cornerstone will be back in action tomorrow as they travel to Madonna for a double header starting at 1 p.m.
 
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