Wooster catcher Michael DeBord attempts to tag out Seth Wise during a play at the plate in the fourth inning of game one. Wise scored to give Ohio Wesleyan a 4-0 lead at the time, but the Fighting Scots rallied for a 9-7 victory.

WOOSTER, Ohio – Justin McDowell earned the 30th victory of his career at The College of Wooster, something only three others have accomplished, as the Fighting Scots came back from a 7-0 deficit to take Saturday's first game with Ohio Wesleyan University by a 9-7 count, and in the nightcap at Art Murray Field, Matt Barnes, another senior pitcher for Wooster, did not get enough defensive or run support during a 7-5 complete-game loss to the Battling Bishops.

McDowell, who came on in middle relief during the opener, improved to 6-2 on the season, thanks to an offensive explosion of seven runs in the fourth and single tallies during the fifth and sixth innings, and 30-8 for his career. He joins an elite list of former Scot greats Matt Rodgers (34 wins from 1994-97), John Werner (33 from 1999-02), and Matt Englander (32 from 1999-02) as 30-game winners.

Ohio Wesleyan (25-16) jumped out to 7-0 lead through three and one-half innings, with the biggest hit being a three-run homer by Nathan Strome as part of a five-run top of the fourth.Wooster (22-17) tied it during the home half of the fourth. The Scots batted around and it was the ninth hitter who came up with the key at bat, as with two outs and the bases loaded, Michael Wellstead drove a 3-2 pitch into the left-center gap for a three-run double. That pulled the hosts within one and Derek Wyman followed with another double into left-center to bring Wellstead in with the tying run.

After McDowell tossed a hitless top of the fifth, Zac Mathie led off the bottom of the frame with a sharp single to right field. He stole second during the ensuing at bat, went to third on a wild pitch, and Craig Day drove him home with a sacrifice fly to deep right.

Another scoreless inning for McDowell came in the sixth, and then a leadoff walk to Matt Felvey led to a Wooster insurance run. Mathie singled him in with another hard liner into right.

Tyler Fugate closed the win out on the mound. The first two Battling Bishops reached safely off of the senior right-hander, but he stranded them with back-to-back strikeouts and a routine grounder. That gave Fugate his seventh save of the season and No. 12 for his career – the third-most in team history.

Barnes pitched well enough to win game two, as four of the seven runs allowed were of the unearned variety.

One of the two runs that came across in the top of the first was unearned, but the Scots' offense responded with three in their half of the inning. Wellstead led off with a home run to the opposite field (right), and two hitters later, Greg Van Horn, drilled an RBI double into center to tie the game. Van Horn would score on Zack Vesco's two-bagger hit to nearly the same spot in center.

Wooster's 3-2 lead only lasted until the third. Scott Wise deposited a one-out triple into the right-field corner, marking his second three-bagger of the game and setting the stage for a three-run inning, with another tally being unearned.

The Scots tied it up with single scores during the fifth and sixth. Wellstead had a leadoff double and Wyman followed with a double as well, but Wooster could do no further damage in the fifth. In the sixth,  the Scots put together a two-out rally, as pinch hitter Colin Meinzer walked, and pinch runner Ryan Miner stole second base and eventually scored the equalizer during an infield error.

Wise continued his strong game, as he earned a one-out walk and stole second to kick start Ohio Wesleyan's two-run seventh. The key sequence came when Barnes struck out the next batter, however, a passed ball allowed Seth Frentsos to reach first. Later in the inning with two outs and the bases loaded, Sean Vollenweider stroked a double to the wall in left for the two runs.

Barnes recorded six strikeouts during the sixth complete game of his career, raising his school-record total to 276.

Offensively on the day, Wellstead paced Wooster with four hits and four RBI, going 4-for-7 with two doubles and a homer in the two games. Wyman capped his career with a solid 3-for-7, two-RBI day, and Van Horn reached five times in seven plate appearances, going 2-for-4 with two walks and a hit by pitch. Van Horn, a transfer from Princeton University, ends a two-year career with the Scots with a school-record .456 batting average (125-for-274).