CANYON – Tarleton split a Saturday evening doubleheader with No. 15 West Texas A&M at Wilder Park.
 
In the first game of Saturday's twin bill, Tarleton evened the series at one win apiece behind Trevor Renfro's third win of the season from the mound and a three-RBI day from Zach McCown.
 
The scoring started in the second inning when Tarleton took advantage of a pair of WT errors.
 
Garret Kizer scored the first run when Stacy Heinatz reached on an error by the third baseman. After a wild-pitch strikeout allowed Landon Merka to reach and Matt Olive to score, Alex Humphreys plated Heintaz for a 3-0 Tarleton lead with an RBI single into left field.
 
Tarleton tacked on two more in the next inning when McCown ripped a two-run double into centerfield, plating Kizer and Conner Wrye for a 5-0 Texan lead. Meanwhile, Trevor Renfro was in the zone, posting goose eggs in the first four frames.
 
The Texan offense continued to pile it on in the fifth, starting with a one-out home run from Jake Hasbrouck. McCown followed up with a two-out, RBI double to score Wrye before Olive capped off the three-run inning with an RBI single of his own to bring McCown across the plate.
 
West Texas A&M broke through on the run column in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI groundout, RBI single, and a two-run home run to cut into the Tarleton lead 7-4. Renfro responded by keeping West Texas A&M off the board in the sixth to send the game to the final inning and Tarleton on top by three.
 
Zach Freeman came on and got the first two outs before two walks and a two-run home run chased him from the game. Hunter Houston came on and earned the save by getting the final out to fly to centerfield for the Tarleton win.
 
The Texan offense clubbed 11 hits, including a pair of three hit performances from Humphreys and Kizer. McCown also had a multi-hit game by going 2-4 while Olive, Wrye, and Hasbrouck had the other three hits in the Tarleton offensive attack.
 
In the nightcap, Tarleton suffered a 7-0 loss in a two-hit shutout at the hands of the Buffs. Kizer and Humphreys each had a single in second game. Tarleton will look to bring home a series split tomorrow afternoon when the Texans and Buffs take the field at Wilder Park for the series finale at 1 p.m.