LANSING, Mich. – Macomb Baseball battled tough throughout the day, but ultimately left Lansing with two losses after the host Lansing Community College Stars won game one, 6-3, before erasing an 8-3 Monarchs advantage in game two for a 9-8 walk-off win. With the pair of losses, the Monarchs return home with a 2-14 mark overall and a 1-4 record early on in MCCAA East play. The Stars, winners of 10 straight, moved to 6-0 in league play and 12-5 overall.

GAME ONE: Lansing 6, Macomb 3

Ty Mychek (Ray Twp., Mich./Romeo) highlighted game one offensively by notching his first collegiate home run in the Monarchs' hard-fought 6-3 defeat. Mychek's first career home run at the college level, a two-run blast over the right field wall, knotted the game up at 3-3 in the fourth inning. The host Stars answered in the home half of the fourth as two runners came in to score to make it a 5-3 game. The Stars would post an insurance run an inning later and went on to earn the 6-3 victory over the Monarchs.

While Mychek's two-run shot provided the excitement, Jeremy Pudlik (Waterford, Mich./Waterford Mott) provided the consistency with three hits (3-for-4) to lead the Monarchs in the opener. Jack Lyndrup (Macomb, Mich./L'Anse Creuse North) followed Pudlik with a 2-for-4 performance.

On the mound, Ethan Miller (Chesterfield, Mich./Anchor Bay) came on in relief and continued his solid freshman campaign by holding the Stars to one run on two hits while striking out three in two and two-thirds innings.

GAME TWO: Lansing 9, Macomb 8

Heartbreak in Lansing! Up 8-3 with only six outs remaining, the Monarchs saw their five-run lead evaporate as the Stars posted four runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to walk-off with the win. Bryan Masterson (Roseville, Mich./Roseville) got the start and went four strong innings, scattering four Stars hits and only allowing one earned run. Masterson left the game in line for the win before the Stars got hot late.

Harrison Ryan (Macomb, Mich./L'Anse Creuse North) went 2-for-3 in Saturday's latter game to pace five other Monarchs who recorded a hit each. Logan Rybarczyk (Chesterfield, Mich./Anchor Bay) led the team with three RBIs, two of which came on a two-run single to left field in the fifth inning.