MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – The eighth-ranked Embry-Riddle baseball team split its doubleheader with Bretwon-Parker, on Tuesday, taking game one, 5-3 in eight innings, before falling in game two, 2-1. The Eagles (29-10) will host the Barons (18-11) again in three weeks. The Blue and Gold play the Daytona Cubs in the two teams' annual exhibition contest at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on Wednesday, Apr. 3 at 7:05 p.m. before the Eagles travel to Opa-locka, Fla. for a three-game conference series against Florida Memorial over the weekend.
 
Game 1
 
Brian Johnson and Ryan Raymer (1-4) dueled in the first game of the day, with Embry-Riddle giving Johnson a 1-0 lead which he made stand until the fourth, when the Barons scored twice. The teams tied in regulation and in the top of the eighth Eagles' catcher, Adam Cellini, delivered an RBI double down the left field line to plate the game-winning run.
 
Johnson scattered eight hits over 6.2 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, while walking two and striking out one. He would get the no decision after allowing the tying run in the seventh, giving way to Kevin Maloney (6-1) who twirled 1.1 innings of one hit baseball to secure the victory.
 
Tyler Robbins led off the game with a walk and advanced to second via a Jordan Johnson sacrifice. Jeff Lemon followed with a single through the left side, scoring Robbins who did an excellent job avoiding the tag at home to give ERAU the 1-0 lead.
 
The Barons also got a leadoff walk in the second, but Cellini erased the would-be base stealer as the two starters traded zeros until the fourth when the Barons again got their leadoff man on. This time Brewton-Parker got an RBI triple from Billy Mullins, as right fielder Kevin Lindheim just missed making a spectacular catch. Mullins later scored on a John Hammock sacrifice fly to put the Barons on top 2-1.
 
Neither team threatened again until the sixth when the Eagles got a run on two Baron errors. Lemon led off with a single and his pinch runner Colt Hankamer advanced to third on a booted ball by the BPC second baseman. Kyle Chastain plated the tying run when the right fielder dropped his fly ball, however, the Eagles stranded runners at second and third to end the inning.
 
Both teams plated a run in the seventh, as Lemon collected an RBI on a sacrifice fly, scoring Jordan Romero and the Barons got a double from Keaton Stroud, chasing Johnson.
 
ERAU then scored twice in the eighth with Cellini's RBI double scoring Chastain to take the lead and Liam Goodall's single scoring courtesy runner David Belardes for the final margin, 5-3.
 
Lemon collected two hits and two RBIs while five different Eagles scored a run.
 
Game 2
 
Eagles' reliever Ronnie Lozada got the call in the second game for Embry-Riddle and he struggled to throw strikes early as 16 of his first 21 pitches missed the zone, including a full-count bases loaded walk that plated the games' first run. However, the Miami, Fla. junior would settle in and toss 4.1 innings of hitless baseball, allowing just the one run, walking seven and striking out one.
 
Meanwhile, the Eagles offense left eight runners on base and grounded into two double plays in the 2-1 loss. The lone tally came in the third when Lemon plated Hankamer with an RBI single, after the second baseman led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on Jordan Johnson's sacrifice.
 
The Blue and Gold's only other threat came in the fourth when Cellini and Goodall led off with back-to-back singles to put runners at the corners with nobody out, but a groundball and two strike outs ended the scoring opportunity.
 
Lozada's day ended in the fifth with his seventh walk, giving way to Jon Rapose who induced a double play to end the inning. However, the success would be short lived for Rapose as he gave up the Barons first hit of the game in the sixth, a double to Stroud. After a groundout advanced the runner, Hammock singled to center to plate the winning run.
 
Rapose tossed 1.2 innings, allowing one run on two hits while recording one strikeout, but it was Barons starter Michael Venturelli who was the story as he scattered five hits over seven innings, allowing one run while striking out three and walking four.
 
With the loss the Eagles fall to 19-2 when they outhit their opponent, and 12-5 in one-run games. Colt Hankamer collected two of the teams' five hits, while also scoring the lone run.
 
The Eagles remained eighth in the NAIA Top-25 Coaches' Poll, released on Tuesday afternoon. To see the full poll, click here.