McPherson, Kan. - The Nebraska Wesleyan baseball team picked up their first victory of the 2016 season as they won one of three games in a series at McPherson College over the weekend.  The series had a little bit of everything including 76 total runs and an extra inning game to close the series.

Saturday's doubleheader was a total slugfest that lasted over seven hours between the two games.  McPherson won the opening game, 19-17, then the Prairie Wolves came back to win the second game 16-13.  The Bulldogs closed the series on Sunday with a 6-5 victory in 10 innings.

Five home runs were hit in the opening game of the series with the wind blowing straight out.  The Prairie Wolves fell behind 5-0 heading into the 4th inning.  Matt Orozco hit a solo home run, then freshman Tyler Winterstein tied the game with a grand slam in the 4th.

McPherson came back with seven runs in the bottom of the 4th to get a 12-5 lead.  NWU slowly chipped ahead and eventually took over the lead in the 7th inning.  The Prairie Wolves scored seven runs in the 7th to take a 16-13 lead.  That lead also wasn't safe with McPherson getting two runs in the 7th and three in the 8th to take the lead and earn the win.

Winterstein finsihed 2-4 with five RBI and three runs scored, while Chase Powers was 4-6 with a home run, double and four RBI.

Game two was full of just as much scoring and drama.  The Prairie Wolves jumped out to a 9-0 lead through two innings.  NWU scored five runs in the 1st inning and four more in the 2nd inning.  Powers had a pair of RBI doubles, Winterstein drove in two runs and Joe Babic drove in three runs in the 9-0 run.

Just as NWU built the lead up, McPherson started to rally back.  They scored six runs in the bottom of the third then eventually pulled to 13-10 in the 6th inning.  Winterstein hit a 3-run double in the top of the 7th inning to make the lead too big for the Bulldogs to overcome.

Powers went 4-5 with two doubles, a triple and three RBI and Winterstein was 3-5 with a double and six RBI to pace the Prairie Wolves offense.  Matt Orozco was 3-5, while  James McKain, Pete Sitorius, Joe Babic and Justus Stocks each had two hits.

Brody Murphy was the winning pitcher going 4 1/3 innings allowing nine earned runs on four hits.  James McKain picked up the save getting the final out.

McPherson hit an RBI infield single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Bulldogs a 6-5 extra innings victory in the final game on Sunday.

Joe Babic hit a solo home run and Mark Korsakas hit an RBI single to put the Prairie Wolves ahead 5-3 in the top of the 8th.  However, NWU allowed two unearned runs in the bottom of the 8th to let McPherson tie the game up.

Nate Teitler made his first start on the mound going six innings and giving up three runs on six hits.  He struck out five in six innings.  Jordan Haas took the loss in relief giving up seven hits and three runs (all unearned) in 3 2/3 innings.

Joe Babic was 3-5 with three RBI and a home run to pace the NWU offense.

Nebraska Wesleyan plays their home opener on Wednesday afternoon as they host Bethany College at 1 pm.