Game 1: Wolves 10, Barton 5
In the opener of Saturday's doubleheader, Newberry College baseball rallied from an early deficit to defeat Barton College, 10–5, on Feb. 7 at the Smith Road Complex. Barton took a 3–0 lead in the second on a three-run home run and added another in the third to go up 4–0, but the Wolves answered immediately when Nick Foster launched a two-run homer in the bottom of the third to cut it to 4–2.
Newberry then took control with a four-run fourth inning, getting an RBI on Chandler Mims reaching on an error, an RBI hit-by-pitch from Keillor Osbon, an RBI walk by Finn McLaughlin, and an RBI single by Logan Busenlehner to grab a 6–4 advantage. The Wolves added two more in the fifth on Luke Compton's sacrifice bunt RBI and Foster's RBI single, then answered Barton's lone sixth-inning run with an RBI single from Cooper Raines to make it 9–5. Busenlehner capped the scoring with a solo home run in the eighth as Newberry closed out the 10–5 win.
Foster powered the offense, going 2-for-2 with three RBI, including the two-run home run, while Busenlehner finished 2-for-5 with two RBI and the late homer. On the mound, Nick Riedel earned the win in relief, tossing 5.0 innings and allowing just one run while striking out six, and Blake Morrison worked a clean final inning to finish it off.
Game 2: Wolves 8, Barton 9
In the nightcap of Saturday's doubleheader at the Smith Road Complex, Newberry College baseball dropped a 9–8 decision to Barton College in a tightly contested game that saw multiple lead changes and late rally attempts. After falling behind 2–0 in the second, the Wolves responded with a five-run second inning featuring a series of run-producing plays, including an RBI single by Cooper Raines, an RBI walk by Luke Compton, an RBI walk by Parker Mergo, and an RBI fielder's choice from Campbell McCurry, and Compton later added a run by stealing home, giving Newberry a 5–2 edge. Newberry added an RBI in the third as Finn McLaughlin drove in John Allen Forrester, pushing the lead to 6–2.
After a huge 5-run inning from the Bulldogs to take a 7-6 lead, the game was all tied up 8-8 heading into the final inning after a walk-in run and a score off a wild pitch. Barton ended up taking the game off a SAC fly in the top of the seventh, a lead the Wolves couldn't overcome in the end.
