HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Railsplitters split their South Atlantic Conference doubleheader against the No. 10 nationally-ranked Catawba Indians on Saturday afternoon at Lamar Hennon Field. 
 
Game one was an instant classic as Joe Stucky obliterated a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 12th inning to send Lincoln Memorial (11-8, 4-2 SAC) to a 5-4 win. The Indians (15-5, 3-3 SAC) bounced back in game two, though, clinching the series victory with a quick 4-1 win. 
 
The Railsplitters will be back on the road for four games next week, beginning on Tuesday with a trip to Nashville, Tenn., to face Trevecca Nazarene at 4 p.m. 
 
Game One: Lincoln Memorial 5, Catawba 4 (12 innings) 
 
Stucky did not start the game but the senior infielder finished it.
 
After taking over at second base in the top of the 11th inning, Stucky made his first trip to the plate to lead off the bottom of the 12th inning with the game knotted at 4-4. The Powell, Tenn., native promptly smashed the ball over the left-field fence, ending the game with his second round-tripper of the season. 
 
Stucky's home run concluded a wild back-and-forth contest with multiple twist and turns. 
 
The Railsplitters led for the majority of the contest until Catawba rallied late to force extra innings. 
 
An RBI single by Tyler Adams followed by a sac fly out from Chris Salvey put the Railsplitters in the lead 2-0 at the end of the first inning. 
 
Catawba responded with two runs in the top half of the second via a sac fly from DJ Laxton and an RBI double from Jacob Nester, but Will Reddick's lead-off solo homer put Lincoln Memorial back in the lead in the bottom of that inning. 
 
It was then all zeroes for both sides until the Indians broke through in the top of the eighth inning, using a Heath Mitchem single, a wild pitch and a pair of groundouts to plate the game-tying run. 
 
That's when things got interesting. 
 
In the top of the ninth inning, Laxton singled and advanced to second on a bunt. Henderson Lentz laced a single into right field and Laxton was waved home on the play, but Brent Richey caught Laxton with a laser from shallow right field to keep the game knotted at 3-3. 
 
In the bottom of the 10th, the Railsplitters had an opportunity to walk it off with runners on first and second with two outs and Richey at the plate. However, pinch runner Zach Fritts was picked off at second to end the inning and send it to the 11th.
 
The Indians then took the lead in the 11th as Robbie Cowie laced a one-out triple down the right-field line and scored on Laxton's sac fly. 
 
Lincoln Memorial responded in the bottom of that inning and seemingly won the game, but a bang-bang play at first forced the Railsplitters to wait one more inning. 
 
Richey, Reddick and Henry Moore strung together three straight singles to load the bases with no outs. A sac fly by pinch hitter Dalton Dedas tied the game. Seth Hunt was intentionally walked in the next at-bat to bring Alex Allen to the plate. Allen poked a slow roller to the shortstop, who fielded the ball cleanly and made the turn to second base. Allen looked to have beat out the throw and prevented the twin killing, but was called out on the play, ending the inning with two runners left stranded. 
 
The Indians put two runners on base in the top of the 12th but the Railsplitters worked out of it without allowing a run to set the stage for Stucky's heroics. 
 
Five different LMU pitchers contributed to the victory. Freshman Eli Wright made the start and allowed only three hits and two runs while recording three strikeouts over five innings of work. Patrick Queener picked up the win after tossing a scoreless 12th inning, while Devin Morris was a major factor in the decision with 5.1 innings of relief work that included five hits allowed, two runs allowed and three strikeouts without a walk. 
 
Adams and Reddick led that way by going 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI apiece. Five other LMU players provided a hit apiece, as the Railsplitters recorded 11 in the contest.
 
Game Two: Catawba 4, Lincoln Memorial 1 
 
The Railsplitters were unable to crack Catawba starter Bryan Ketchie, who allowed just five hits in a complete game to clinch the series for the Indians. 
 
Matt Mullenbach took the hard-luck loss for Lincoln Memorial, giving up just six hits and three earned runs while striking out seven over six innings of work to fall to 1-2 on the season. 
 
The Railsplitters scored their lone run of the game in the bottom of the second inning when Allen came through with a two-out RBI single to score Nate Stinson, who led off the inning by being hit by a pitch. 
 
But the Indians took the lead for good with one swing in the top of the third inning, as Nester walked and Jeremy Simpson reached via a fielding error to put two runners on for Mitchem, who ripped a no-doubt homer over the wall in right center. 
 
Catawba tacked on an insurance run in the top of the fourth inning with an RBI triple by Nester, but that proved unnecessary as the Railsplitters mustered just two singles from the third inning on against Ketchie. 
 
All six LMU hits were singles, while the Railsplitters struck out four times and walked only once.