OXFORD, Ohio -- A tough 13-inning loss stunned the Central Michigan baseball team in game one of a doubleheader with Miami University, and the RedHawks used the momentum to sweep the double-dip at McKie Field on Saturday.

Miami erased an early 3-0 CMU lead and scored a run in the ninth to erase another Central lead to push the game into extras, where the RedHawks pushed across the winning run in the 13th on a Chippewas' miscue.

Game two saw the Chippewas muster just three hits in support of Dan Taylor, who tossed a complete game in a 4-1 loss.

CMU (14-19, 4-7 Mid-American) and Miami (16-13, 7-4 MAC) will square off in the finale of the three-game holiday weekend set on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Game One
Dale Cornstubble and Billy Anderson combined for nine of CMU's 12 hits but the Chippewas couldn't hold on to an early 3-0 lead or a late 5-4 lead, and the RedHawks stunned CMU, 6-5, in 13 innings.

Central scored a pair of runs in the third thanks to an error that allowed leadoff batter Robbie Harman to reach, followed by a sacrifice bunt, a bunt single by Anderson and a suicide squeeze by Rhett Goodmiller. A failed pickoff attempt would allow Anderson to score later in the frame.

The Chippewas added a run in the fifth thanks to two more Miami miscues after the first two batters were retired in the frame. Anderson singled and then back-to-back errors on balls hit by Goodmiller and Matt Faiman allowed him to circle the bases for a 3-0 CMU lead.

The RedHawks got two runs back in their half of the fifth on three straight singles to start the frame that made it 3-1, then a sacrifice bunt by MU's Ryan Curl put the tying run in scoring position.

After an infield hit by Adam Eaton, Jordan Petraitis lifted a fly ball to right for a sacrifice fly to make it 3-2 Chippewas after five.

Each team would score twice in the sixth, CMU's runs on a two-run single by Ricky Clark and Miami's on a two-run dinger by designated hitter Zak Hatfield, giving CMU a 5-4 lead after six.

Central's senior left-hander Steve Teno pitched into the ninth, giving up five runs on 12 hits while striking out five, before turning the ball over to closer Chris Kupillas.

In the ninth, a one-out triple smacked by Curl off Teno put the tying run 90 feet away. The Chippewas went to Kupillas, who got the ground ball he needed but Curl scored the tying run to send the game into extras.

Central threatened in the 11th, when Clark drew a leadoff walk and then stole second. But the RedHawk bullpen retired the next two batters and induced a grounder off the bat of Nate Theunissen after a two-out walk to Faiman to end the threat.

The winning rally for Miami came after Edgington was hit by a pitch to lead off the 13th. He would move up to third on a single to right by Curl and scored on a miscue by the Chippewas for the 6-5 victory.

Kupillas (2-2) took the loss, going 3.2 innings. He gave up the unearned run on three hits while walking four and striking out two.

Game Two
Senior lefty Dan Taylor tossed a complete game but a four-run rally in the third would prove to be all Miami would need to claim a sweep of Saturday's doubleheader, 4-1.

A leadoff homer by Curl started the damage, and it appeared Taylor was set to retire the side without any further damage, when he issued a two-out walk. That opened the door for the RedHawks, who used back-to-back doubles and a single to score three more runs for an early 4-0 edge.

CMU's offense would battle back for a run in the fourth, after an error allowed Goodmiller to reach leading off the inning. After the next two batters were retired, Sam Russell singled to center and Cornstubble singled to right for Central's first run.

But the Chippewas would muster just one hit over the game's final five innings, a Robbie Harman single up the middle leading off the fifth. Harman was picked off later in the inning, and Miami retired 11 of the final 12 Chippewas' batters.

Taylor went the distance, giving up four runs on nine hits and three walks while fanning five.