WINONA LAKE, Ind. - Evan Etchison pitched a gem to lead Grace's baseball team to a split with conference foe Taylor on a chilly afternoon at Miller Athletic Complex.

The Lancers earned a split on the afternoon with a 4-1 victory in game one and dropped game two 6-0.

The Trojans, who are receiving votes in the NAIA Top-25 Coaches' Poll, scored one run in the first inning, but did not score again. 

Grace (9-8) tied the game in the bottom half of the first and took the lead for good in the second.

Max De Leon led off the first inning with a single, stole second base and later scored on a wild pitch to level the score at one apiece. 

In the second, Grant Hartley launched a big fly to left field to push the Lancers ahead on the scoreboard. Later in the second, Keenan LeBlanc drove in a run on a sacrifice fly, and the final run came on a two-out single from De Leon to make the score 4-1.

Grace threatened to add an insurance run with a two-out triple from Hartley in the eighth, but to no avail. 

Etchison pitched 7.0 innings, allowing one run on four hits and a walk. He added eight strikeouts on the afternoon to notch his second victory of the season. He sent down Taylor hitters in order in four separate innings. 

Hunter Schumacher added his fourth save of the season, pitching 2.0 innings in relief. He allowed just one hit with three strikeouts to close the door.

De Leon went 3 for 3 with 1 RBI, a walk, a run scored and 2 stolen bases. Hartley added two extra base hits with a homerun and a triple. 

The Lancer offense was stymied in the second game, tallying just three hits. 

Neither team had much going in the opening frames until Taylor pushed three runs across in the third inning. 

Grace put runners on in the fourth and sixth innings, but could not move the runners around to score. 

Taylor closed out the scoring with a run in the sixth and two in the seventh. 

Mason Meyer and Kyle Reinartz combined to strike out 10 batters in the game. 

Hartley went 1 for 3 with a double, and Austin Carr batted 1 for 2 with a single and a walk. Sam Newkirk added a single. 

The Lancers will finish up the series with the Trojans on Thursday. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Miller Athletic Complex.