Tanner Lohaus sparkled on the mound for the Mount Mercy baseball team Saturday afternoon.

Lohaus pitched seven strong innings as the Mustangs clipped Grand View, 7-1, in the second game of their Heart of America Conference doubleheader at Mount Mercy.

Grand View won the opener, 5-3.

Lohaus allowed only one run on three hits, with 10 strikeouts and one walk. The right-hander from Iowa City West raised his record to 3-and-4 with the impressive outing.

Owen Oreskovich went 3-for-4 in the 7-1 victory. Nick Sueppel was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Collin Shrader was 2-for-3 and scored twice.

Sueppel was 2-for-4 with a solo home run in the 5-3 setback. Corbin Day was 3-for-3. Chili Moseley, returning from an injury, was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

The Mustangs took a 3-2 lead into the seventh inning in the opener, but Grand View scored three times in the seventh to grab the victory.

The split left Mount Mercy at 15-17 overall and 10-12 in the conference. Grand View is 6-15 overall and 5-8 in the league.

GAME 1

Grand View     000 200 3 - 5 6 0
Mount Mercy    001 110 0 - 3 9 1

Duncan, Johnson (7) and McDowell. Willenborg, Barnes (5), Trouten (7) and Day. W - Duncan (2-2). L - Trouten (0-2). 2B - Moseley, Day. HR - Sueppel. SB - Moseley, Candaroma. SH - Hilpipre.

GAME 2

Grand View     000 001 000 - 1 3 3
Mount Mercy    012 010 03x - 7 11 1

MacAlpine, Duncan (8) and McDowell. Lohaus, Hargens (8), Donohue (9) and Day. W - Lohaus (3-4). L - MacAlpine (0-1). 2B - Moseley, Sueppel, Oreskovich, Costa. 3B - Schrader. SB - Jackson.