ABILENE, Texas – The Belhaven Baseball team earned a split of Friday's doubleheader against McMurry to open a three-game, non-conference series at Walt Driggers Field, falling to the War Hawks 2-1 in game one and winning game two 6-4.
 
In game one, the Blazers' lone run came in the second inning. After a double by Adam Kowalczyk to right field, Will Mullen and Daniel Ammirati helped score the run. Mullen moved Kowalczyk to third with a groundout to first base, while Ammirati shot a single up the middle to bring him in for the 1-0 advantage.
 
In the bottom of the fourth, the War Hawks added a run to tie the game at one.
 
In the next half inning, the Blazers would threaten by loading the bases with nobody out, but the Green and Gold failed to score.
 
Stephen Solomon (1-1) went the distance again for the Green and Gold, but a fielder's choice and a Blazer error forced the winning run for the War Hawks in the bottom of the seventh. Solomon went six and two-thirds innings, allowing one earned run and nine strikeouts on 114 pitches.
 
In game two, the Blazers (4-2) scored a run in the first and third innings to get out to an early 2-0 advantage. Terrell Hodges scored the first run on an RBI single by Kowalczyk, while Dane Gecina scored the second run with a triple to the right center field gap. Hodges brought him in on an RBI groundout to third.
 
McMurry (3-5) would add one in the bottom of the fourth, but the Blazers added two runs apiece in the eighth and ninth to pull out to a 6-1 lead.
 
Tanner Cable (2-0) threw eight strong innings for the Green and Gold, allowing two hits, one unearned run, three walks and 14 strikeouts. In his two starts, Cable has a 2.57 ERA and has fanned 26 batters.
 
The War Hawks would make it interesting in the bottom of the ninth, scoring three runs off of reliever Shane Brown, but Landon Boyd would come in and finish the job to earn his first save of the season.
 
The Blazers will wrap up the weekend series on Saturday with a 1 p.m. first pitch at Driggers Field.