FORT WORTH, Texas - Carlos Medina took the mound for Wesleyan in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader and absolutely shut down visiting Austin College. Perfect through three innings, the only blemish on Medina’s day was a fourth-inning error in the Wesleyan outfield, turning what would have been a perfect game into the first no-hitter of the season for the Rams. He struck out eight and walked none.

Also of note on the day, infielder Jeremy Craft returned from nearly a month off due to injury to hammer the first pitch he saw over the fence in left-center. His 3-3 effort provided more than enough offense for Medina as Wesleyan won easily, 6-0.

Chris Bayuk started and won for the Rams in the second game, giving up one run on two hits in four innings of work. Cole Henry paced the offense, going 3-4 with a walk and two RBI, and Craft added a two-run single as the Rams exploded for 13 hits in a 12-2 win.

Game 1: Wesleyan got on the board early with a pair of runs in the first inning. Anthony Bolivar laced a single to right with one out, and was still at first an out later for Craft’s homer.

The Rams struck for another in the second when Nathan Murrell doubled, stole third, and scored on Eric Vaughn’s infield hit deep in the hole at shortstop.

In the third, Wesleyan added another pair of runs on four consecutive two-out singles. Craft started the rally, and was followed by Travis Clifford, Matt Putman, and Derek Armstrong, with the last two hits each driving in a run.

The Rams capped the scoring in the fifth. Craft led off with a double off the wall in straight-away center, and pinch-hitter Jeremy Dutton brought him home with a single to put the Rams up 6-0.

Game 2: Murrell and Henry led off the bottom of the first with back-to-back singles for Wesleyan, and Putman hit a sacrifice fly to left field to give the Rams a quick 1-0 lead in the second game.

Austin College tied it up in the top of the third, though. James Erdle walked to lead off, and Steven Baker followed with a bunt single. David Staton sacrificed the runners over and Scott Orrell drove in a run with a ground out to second base.

The Rams went back on top to stay in the bottom half of the inning. Mike Greene led off with a line drive to left that deflected off the fielder’s glove for an error, rolling all the way to the wall and allowing Greene to take second base. Murrell walked, and the pair immediately attempted a double-steal. The throw to third got past the defender, and Green scored, just beating the throw to the plate. Henry followed with a single, moving Murrell to third. He scored one pitch later as the ball bounced to the backstop. The next three batters were retired quietly, but the Rams had built up a 3-1 lead.

Wesleyan put the game out of reach in the fourth, scoring five times on three hits and three walks. With one out, Kevin Kidd walked, and Cody Henderson and Greene singled to load the bases. Carlos Medina drew a pinch-hit walk for an RBI, and Henry followed with another before the Kangaroos changed pitchers. After the switch, Clifford drove home a run with a ground out to first and Craft lined a two-run single over second base to put the Rams ahead 8-1.

After a pair of hit batsmen and a single gave Austin College another run in the fifth, Wesleyan continued the offense show. Eric Casias, who had replaced Kidd on the base path an inning earlier, started the one-out rally with a single, and moved to third on Henderson’s second hit of the game. Greene plated Casias with a sacrifice fly, and Murrell reached on an error. Henry, Clifford, pinch-hitter Adrian Cardenas, and Dutton all followed with singles, plating three more runs to give Wesleyan a 12-2 lead, which held up as the final score.

The Rams have now won six of their past seven games, improving to 23-18-1 on the season. They remain 9-9 in Red River Conference play. The team returns to action on Tuesday, facing Howard Payne for a single game at LaGrave Field.