WESTFIELD, Ind. -- The Heidelberg University baseball team opened the 2022 campaign with a narrow 3-2 loss to Wabash College on a blustery Saturday.  The game was part of the Crossroads Crossover at Grand Park. 

Hits were hard to come by for both teams, with the squads combining for 10 on the day.  Conversely, the game featured 23 strikeouts.  

Despite the cold, 'Berg starter Ross Thompson was sharp.  The senior allowed one run in six innings of work.  He fanned eight and scattered three hits.  

Offensively, right fielder Keaton Mark had a homer and a triple, collecting half of Heidelberg's four hits. Eric DeVore had the other two.  

Mark's home run -- a one-out blast to right --  broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning. DeVore followed with a double, but he would be stranded.  

The Little Giants evened the game in the top of the fifth.  A two-out single through the left side by Reece Bauer drove in Camden Scheidt.  

Scheidt scored again  on a throwing error by reliever Ridge Clark in the top of the seventh.  

Down 2-1 in the eighth, Heidelberg tied the game.  Pinch hitter Aidan Corrigan walked, then stole second.  Cayden Rollins followed with another walk before Mark was hit by a pitch.  With the bases loaded, DeVore delivered a single that plated pinch runner Kyle Mottice.  

In the ninth, reliever Corbin Caplan (0-1) allowed a two-out walk followed by an RBI triple from AJ Reid.  

Heidelberg (0-1) stranded the tying run on second in the bottom of the ninth.  

Dalton Scheid started for Wabash, allowing three hits and striking out eight in six full innings.  Reliever Derek Haslett (1-0) worked the final three innings, fanning five.  

Clark went 1.1 innings and Caplan threw 1.2 innings in relief of Thompson.  Both struck out one batter.  

Heidelberg returns to Grand Park on Sunday for a noon matchup with No. 20 North Central (4-0).