SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford College baseball team split a doubleheader with Cornell on Saturday afternoon at Russell C. King Field. Matt Milburn threw a complete game in a 5-1 victory to begin the day. In the second game, Cornell hit a total of six home runs to take a 12-5 win.
 
Wofford is 11-5 on the season, while Cornell is 2-3. Matt Milburn struck out ten batters in the first game to earn his third win of the season and Max McDougald had a pair of RBIs. Cornell had five different players hit six home runs in the second contest as they scored twelve runs on twelve hits.
 
In the first game, the Big Red had a single in the top of the first. The Terriers led off their half of the first with back-to-back singles. After a fielder's choice, a single up the middle by Brett Hash gave the Terriers a 1-0 lead. Wofford stranded two runners at the end of the first and Cornell was retired in order in the top of the second.
 
The Terriers loaded the bases in the bottom of the second with a pair of singles and a walk. A ground out to first by Alec Paradowski plated a run for a 2-0 score, but Wofford left the bases loaded to end the second inning. The Big Red went down in order to start the third and the Terriers left one on base after an error.
 
Cornell had a single to lead off the fourth inning before three straight outs ended the top half. Derek Hirsch had a double down the right line to open the Wofford half of the fourth inning. Hirsch stole third and scored on a fielder's choice by Max McDougald for a 3-0 lead at the end of four complete.
 
With one out in the top of the fifth, Cornell had a single. Brett Hash turned an unassisted double play to end the top of the inning. Wofford was retired in order to end the fifth inning. Cornell had a pair of runners on base with nobody out in the top of the sixth, but was unable to plate a run.
 
After Wofford was retired in order to end the sixth inning, the Big Red led off the seventh with back-to-back singles. Three straight strikeouts sent the game to the seventh inning stretch. Max McDougald opened the bottom of the seventh inning with a shot to left field that hit the top of the fence and bounced over for a home run. It was his first career home run and the team's sixth of the season.  Dylan May added an RBI single to push the Wofford lead to 5-0 at the end of the seventh inning.
 
Both teams were retired in order in the eighth inning. To lead off the ninth inning, Cole Rutherford hit a solo home run to center field to cut the lead to 5-1. A ground out and back-to-back strikeouts looking ended the first game.
 
Wofford pitcher Matt Milburn (3-0) threw his second career complete game. In nine innings, he gave up one run on seven hits. He tied his career high with ten strikeouts and did not issue a walk. It was the first complete game thrown by a Wofford pitcher since Adam Scott accomplished the feat on May 22, 2015 against Furman in the Southern Conference Tournament.
 
Paul Balestrieri (0-2) started for the Big Red and went 5.2 innings with three runs allowed on six hits. He struck out six batters and walked two. Justin Lewis added an inning with two runs scored on four hits and one strikeout. Ryne Veenema faced one batter and recorded one out. Adam Saks went the eighth inning and retired the side in order.
 
In the second game, the Big Red loaded the bases with three singles in the top of the first inning. With two outs, a double to right center by Ellis Bitar cleared the bases for a 3-0 lead. Wofford left one runner on base to end the first inning. Jacob Weston led off the top of the second inning with a solo home run to left center. Cornell had runners at second and third when a strikeout ended the scoring chance.
 
The Terriers stranded one runner in the bottom of the second inning. Jamie Smith opened the third inning with a home run to left center to make it a 5-0 lead. Wofford left a runner on first to end the third inning and in the top of the fourth Tommy Wagner hit a solo home run with two outs to push the Cornell advantage to 6-0.  Following a walk, Cole Rutherford hit a home run out to left center for an 8-0 lead in the middle of the fourth.
 
McClain Bradley led off the Wofford half of the fourth with a single. A single by Cody Miller gave Wofford runners on the corners and a sacrifice fly by Dylan made plated a run. With two outs, a single by Derek Hirsch added a run and the Terriers trailed 8-2. The Big Red had a runner picked off first base to end the top half of the fifth inning.
 
To start the bottom of the fifth, Max McDougald was hit by a pitch and Brett Hash singled. Three straight outs ended the scoring opportunity for the Terriers. With two outs, a two-run homer by Dale Wickham pushed the Cornell lead to 10-2 in the middle of the fifth inning. Derek Hirsch had a two-out single in the bottom of the sixth and moved to third on a single by Alec Paradowski. A triple by Max McDougald to left center drove in both runners and then a single by Brett Hash cut the score to 10-5.
 
The Big Red was retired in order in the top of the seventh inning. Wofford led off the bottom of the seventh with a single by Cody Miller, but with one out a double play ended the seventh. Both teams stranded a runner in the eighth inning. After a walk in the top of the ninth, Cole Rutherford hit his second home run of the game to make it a 12-5 lead. Three strikeouts sent the game to the bottom of the ninth. The Terriers had one runner reach on a walk with one out in the ninth, but a fly ball and strikeout ended the game.
 
Wofford pitcher Adam Scott (2-1) started the first 3.2 innings and allowed eight runs on nine hits with five strikeouts. Elliot Lance worked 2.1 innings with two runs on two hits and three strikeouts. Jordan Accetta threw two innings and did not allow a hit with one strikeout. Will Fuqua issued one walk and allowed one run. Spencer Kulman went the ninth inning and gave up one run on one hit, with three strikeouts.
 
Michael Byrne (1-0) started for Cornell and threw six innings with five runs allowed on eight hits, along with seven strikeouts. Justin Lewis earned his first save of the season by going the final three innings with one hit allowed and four strikeouts.
 
Wofford and Cornell will conclude the weekend series on Sunday afternoon at noon.