Somers, Wis. – Ryan Windt tossed a complete game and Cody Gilles provided a two-run double to lead the UW-Parkside baseball team to a 3-2 victory in game one of Saturday's doubleheader against Indianapolis. The Greyhounds claimed game two, 4-2, to earn the Great Lakes Valley Conference split.
 
The Rangers remained at .500 moving to 11-11 overall and 5-5 in the GLVC. Indianapolis is now 12-8 on the year with a 5-3 league mark. The two clubs will meet again on Sunday at Oberbruner Field. First pitch of the opener is set for 12:00 p.m.
 
Game One (Box Score)
Parkside struck for all three of its runs in the bottom of the first in support of Windt. John Brennan started the game with a bunt single and quickly moved to second when Eric Abel was hit by a pitch.
 
Mike Anderson laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners. Gilles then came through with a big swing, putting one into the right field corner to easily score both runs and give the Rangers a 2-0 lead.
 
He moved up on a wild pitch before Kirk Haviland drew a walk. Parkside then caught a break as a passed ball with two away allowed Gilles to come in for a 3-0 cushion.
 
The Greyhounds got one of those runs back in the second. Adam Rusche doubled to left, just off the glove of Chris Glynn, to trim the lead.
 
That would be one of just two hits Windt would allow through the first eight innings. He did pitch out of a couple minor jams in the seventh and eighth to keep the score the same.
 
The Rangers threatened in the sixth by loading the bases but couldn't gain any insurance.
 
Indianapolis made things difficult in the ninth as Windt tried to close it out. A single by Rusche and a double by Matt Maringer put two in scoring position to start the inning.
 
But Windt responded by inducing a pop-up on the infield for the first out. He then got an unlikely end to the game on a one-hop comebacker. Maringer took off on contact and after Windt threw to first for the out, two Greyhounds were near third base.
 
Gilles quickly threw to Ben Korman who tagged out Maringer just after Rusche had scored to secure the win.
 
Windt finished the nine-inning effort allowing just two runs on four hits while striking out five. Glynn led the offense going 2-for-4 as Parkside outhit Indy, 7-4.
 
Game Two (Box Score)
The Greyhounds pounced in game two scoring a run in the first and two in the second. A couple of well-placed bunts in the second inning, along with a Ranger error, contributed to the 3-0 lead.
 
Indianapolis starter Donovan Drake was perfect through three innings with seven strikeouts before the Rangers made their adjustments and got on the board.
 
Brennan reached on another bunt single to start the fourth. Abel then followed with a base hit of his own. Each them quickly advanced 90 feet on a wild pitch.

Anderson drove in Brennan with a sac fly to left to make it 3-1. Drake buckled down getting two more fly balls to end the threat.
 
Back-to-back doubles by the Greyhounds recovered that run in the fifth making the score 4-1.
 
Parkside got that run right back in the bottom half. Tyler Gieseking walked to lead it off and stole second base with one out. He then moved to third on a ground out by Corey Stonelake. Gieseking scored one batter later when Korman hit one through the second baseman's legs.
 
The score stayed at 4-2 heading to the bottom of the seventh as the Rangers looked for some late-inning magic. Haviland reached on an error to start the frame. With two outs Stonelake singled sharply to center to put the tying run on.
 
Taylor Nehls came up next to pinch hit and had a great dual with Drake fouling off numerous pitches. In the end though, the Greyhounds won the battle as Nehls flew out to center to end the game.
 
Mike Nicks took the loss despite allowing just three earned runs over his seven innings. He struck out six while allowing seven hits.
 
The Ranger offense was limited to just three hits in the game with each team committing three errors.