UPLAND, Ind. - Grace's baseball doubleheader at No. 21 Taylor on Saturday afternoon was an offensive outburst. The teams combined for 49 hits, 42 runs and 9 home runs over 16 innings of play.

The Lancers mounted a late comeback in the opener, scoring seven runs in the final three innings. The rally came up short with the Trojans ahead 18-15 at the end.

Grace led early in game two, but for the second straight day Taylor squeaked out a win in the late innings 5-4.

Grant Hartley scored Grace's first run with a long drive to left for his sixth home run of the the season in the opener. 

The Trojans matched with a home run in the bottom half and scored four more runs an inning later.

The Lancers were ready to respond. The first five batters of the fourth inning reached safely. With the bases loaded, Hartley added an RBI to his tally with a single. The ensuing error on the play allowed another run to score. After a hit by pitch, Sean Gannon provided more power with a grand slam to clear the bases. Cayden Calloway capped off the seven-run inning with an RBI single.

TU, however, roared back with 13 runs over the next three at-bats to seize control of the game. 

Grace refused to go away by scoring seven runs of their own over the final three innings to get within three.

Two walks and a double loaded the bases again in the seventh. Addison Hickman earned an RBI on a hit by pitch and Gannon picked up his fifth RBI of the day with a single.

Patrick Danforth cleared the bases with one swing of the bat in the eighth inning, marking the second grand slam of the game for the visitors.

Grace added one final run in the last inning, but the deficit was too much to overcome. 

The Lancers outhit the Trojans by one in the game. Six players recorded at least two hits. Gannon finished 3 for 6 with five RBIs and a run. Danforth added 2 hits, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and a walk.

The nightcap of the twin bill wasn't as high scoring as the first game, but the Trojans came out on top again 5-4. The teams went stride for stride throughout.

Grace manufactured the first two runs of the game in the second frame. An RBI groundout produced the first run and a solo shot from Danforth plated the second.

Taylor had a rebuttal each time the Lancers put one on the board. After Grace pulled ahead by a run in the third, TU scored two unanswered to take a slight advantage. 

The Lancers evened the score on a sacrifice fly from Austin Carr in inning number five. Maximo De Leon earned a walk and a failed pickoff attempt allowed him to get to third base before Carr's sac fly. 

The Trojans scored the decisive run in the bottom of the sixth with back to back singles and a defensive miscue that allowed the run to score from third.

The Lancers were unable to match in their final at-bat.

Etchison pitched 6.0 innings with four strikeouts, moving his career strikeouts total over the 200 mark.

Hartley, Danforth and Carr each produced a hit and an RBI. 

The Lancers will conclude its four-game series at home against Mount Vernon on March 18. First pitch from Tom  Roy - UPI Park will be at 1 p.m.