DUBUQUE, Iowa-- The Wartburg baseball team (19-5 overall, 7-2 IIAC) took the first doubleheader in the weekend series against Loras (12-6, 6-2) Saturday.

The Knights won the first game 6-0 and the second game 13-3 in eight innings.

The first game was scoreless until the Orange and Black took the 2-0 lead in the third.

Wartburg plated four runs in the fifth thanks in part to a three-run double by junior Ryan Powers (Wheatland).

Senior Scott Benson (Reinbeck) pitched a complete game and struck out six.

Senior Andrew Krehbiel (Donnellsen) and Powers each went 2-3 in the game.

The second game was scoreless until the Duhawks plated a run in their fourth inning.

The Knights answered in a big way with five runs in the top of the fifth.

Senior Levi Montague (Norway) had a solo shot over the right field fence and classmate Ryan Doty (Dubuque) followed his lead with a two-run home run also over the right field fence.

The Orange and Black added to their lead in the next inning with four runs, two which scored on senior Drew Yoder's (Wellman) two-run double.

Loras scored its final two runs in the bottom of the frame on a two-run homer to left centerfield.

Wartburg tallied four runs in the eighth to give the Duhawks one last trip to the plate.

Loras did not score in its final at-bat so the mercy rule was implemented.

Yoder went 4-5 and just missed the cycle by a home run.

Junior Ben Rettenmeier (Cedar Rapids) earned his fifth win of the season and struck out a career-high 10 on the day.

The two teams are scheduled to play the final doubleheader tomorrow.