PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Senior Josh Hudson, junior Tanner Levine and the Golden Bear defense held Point Park University scoreless for the last four innings as WVU Tech baseball defeated the Pioneers 5-4 in the first game of a Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) doubleheader in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon. The teams totaled five hits each in the nightcap as Point Park took the victory, 3-2 after eight innings. The bonus baseball was the second time the teams went into extra innings in as many days.

The Golden Bears are now 10-6 in conference play and 18-11 overall while Point Park holds an 11-5 KIAC record and is 17-14 overall.

Game One | WVU Tech 5, Point Park 4 | Box Score

The Gold and Blue put two on the board quick as junior Brady Groesbeck drove in senior Dylan Harvey before junior Marcus Rodriguez scored on a wild pitch in the first inning. Groesbeck also posted a RBI in the second inning when he reached on a Pioneer error, plating freshman Roy Suzuki.

Harvey, who got on base by balls, touched the plate again in the fourth inning when junior Heath Utterback grounded out to the short stop to knot the score 4-4.

It was in the fifth inning that Suzuki hit a double to left field for his 14^th RBI this season as senior Doug Prather, who reached by error, crossed the plate for Tech's fifth and winning run.

Hudson (4-2) drew the start on the bump, striking out two batters while giving up eight hits and two earned runs. Levine (0-1-2) earned his second save this season with 2.2 innings of work, two hits and one strike out.

Game Two | WVU Tech 2, Point Park 3 | Eight Innings | Box Score

Tech's two scores came early in the game as junior Trevor Lam posted his first home run this season in the second inning and Rodriguez produced a RBI off a sacrifice fly to center field in the third inning. Rodriguez's effort plated senior Tommy Weaver.

Point Park pulled out their third series win in the bottom of the eighth inning off of two hits and a Golden Bear error when the Pioneers plated an unearned run off a single to center field.

Rodriguez, Levine, Prather and Weaver posted Tech's remaining four of five hits in the contest including a double each from Levine and Prather.

Senior Brandon Tucker (1-1) threw 1.1 innings for the loss, scattering two hits, one strike out and zero earned runs. Senior Kyle Sager had the start and pitched 5.2 innings against the Pioneers. Sager gave up just three hits and two earned runs while retiring one batter.

The Golden Bears will now prepare for a six-game home stand as they play host to the University of Pikeville (Wednesday) and Asbury University (Friday and Saturday) in East Bank, West Virginia.