TIFFIN -- On Senior Day, the Heidelberg University baseball team swept Wilmington College in front of an energetic crowd.  The Student Princes picked up a run-rule win in the opener, 12-2.  They followed that up with a comfortable 8-3 win in the nightcap.  HU improved to 21-15-1 overall, 18-14-1 in the conference standings.  

After game two, the Student Princes honored 17 seniors and graduate students -- Robert Hunt, Tyler Smith, Zach Doran, Deaunte Fleming, Stephen Currie, Marc Ochoa, Kyle Jenkins, Johnny Medvec, Eliott Kurtz, Ross Thompson, Josiah Aska, Alex Gerken, Mason Metz, Chris Bell, Eric DeVore, Keaton Mark, and Cameron Deemer.  

POSTSEASON UPDATE:
Heidelberg has clinched a spot in next week's six-team OAC Tournament.  Seeding -- determined by a formula that factors in winning percentage and opponent's winning percentage -- will be announced by the league on Sunday evening.  The top two seeds receive a bye while No. 3 hosts No. 6 and No. 4 hosts No. 5 on Wednesday.  

GAME ONE: BERG 12  WILM 2 (7 innings)
DeVore got Heidelberg on the board in the second with a solo home run to left center.  

After the Quakers tied the game in the top of the third, The Berg responded in the bottom of the inning.  Doran singled and scored on a triple by Smith.  Mark extended the lead with a sacrifice fly to right.  

Down 3-1, Wilmington loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth -- but only managed to push across one run.  A failed squeeze play was critical in Ross Thompson's attempt to avoid giving up a big inning.  

Sam Runyan's one-out RBI single in the bottom of the fourth pushed the Tricolor lead back to two.  

The score remained 4-2 until Heidelberg erupted for a six-run sixth inning.  Fleming singled and Jenkins doubled, setting the table for a big inning.  Hunt drove in the first run with an RBI ground out.  Later, with the bases full, Mark launched a majestic home run to right field.  With the bases empty, DeVore singled and scored on a triple by Cayden Rollins.  

Down 10-2, Wilmington threatened in the seventh until Thompson got out of a jam with a 4-6-3 double play.  

Heidelberg ended the game in the bottom of the seventh.  Chris Bell blistered a line-drive home run to left to start the inning.  HU loaded the bases with no outs, then invoked the run rule with a walk by Reece McNeely.  

Thompson (4-2) went the distance, allowing two runs on seven hits.  He struck out three.  

GAME TWO:  BERG 8   WILM 3
Wilmington struck first in the night cap, scoring a run in the top of first on a wild pitch by Ryan Hackworth.  

Heidelberg got the run back in the bottom of the inning.  Smith, Mark and Ochoa strung together three singles that plated a run.  

The Berg took the lead in the third.  Doran, who walked and moved to third on a double by Smith, scored on a sacrifice fly by Fleming.  

Heidelberg tacked on three more in the fourth.  Medvec doubled and scored on a double by Hunt.  Later in the inning, Mark drove in two more with a double to center. 

In the sixth, Mark tattooed a two-run homer that rattled a tree along Rock Creek.  The blast put HU up 7-1.  

Ochoa hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to cap the scoring for the Tricolor.

Ryan Hackworth (5-1) got the win, throwing five innings and allowing one run.  Metz, Gerken, Zane Mirgon, and Deemer all worked an inning of relief.  

UP NEXT:  
The regular season concludes with a doubleheader at Wilmington on Saturday.  First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.