TACOMA, Wash. - The Pacific Lutheran University baseball team came up short in both ends of its Northwest Conference doubleheader on Saturday, falling 6-4 and 9-7 to Whitman College.  
 
The Blues (18-16, 15-11 NWC) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning only to have the Lutes (20-13, 16-9 NWC) answer in the bottom of first with Jordan Haworth belting a solo home run to tie the game.
 
Whitman generated three more runs in the second and another in the third, seizing a 5-1 advantage. 
 
Haworth was at it again in the fifth with a single to left field scoring Sean Kauffman and Kenton Robillard before a Cody Bentley base knock plated Austin Gormley, whittling the deficit to a single run.
 
The Blues padded their advantage in the eighth, scoring another run to hold on for the 6-4 victory.
 
Haworth paced the Lute offense, going two-for-four at the plate three RBIs. 
 
Tommy Snyder absorbed the loss on the hill, striking out three in three innings of work. Spencer Howell tossed 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief while Alex Gregory closed out the final 2 2/3 innings and registered three strikeouts. 
 
Haworth got things started in the nightcap, blasting his second homer of the day to give the Lutes a 1-0 lead after one inning of action. Whitman tied the game in the top of the second, scoring with two outs on a wild pitch. 
 
Pacific Lutheran regained its lead in the bottom of the second with a Kenton Robillard single to right field scoring Cody Bentley. The homestanding Lutes uncorked four more runs in the third, getting an RBI single from Connor Lemma before Ashton Barton blasted a three-run home run to left center to stake a 6-1 advantage. 
 
PLU's lead dwindled to just a run after the Blues added four runs of their own in the top of the fourth before tying the game in the sixth. 
 
Neither team was able to score in the seventh, forcing extra innings. In extras, the Blues scored a run on a wild pitch before adding two more on a David Johnson home run. PLU added a run on an Austin Gormley sac fly but couldn't close the gap in the 9-7 setback.  
 
Haworth and Trotignon both collected a pair of hits in the nightcap while Barton drove in three runs.
 
On the hill, Noah Ferguson struck out six in 3 1/3 innings of relief work. Spencer Howell tossed the final three frames, allowing two earned runs and collecting one strikeout. 
 
The Lutes and Blues conclude their series tomorrow with a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.