NATCHEZ — Trinity Episcopal played nearly six hours of baseball Friday night, but the Saints didn’t even play two full games.

However, the Saints did win their doubleheader against Riverfield Academy, taking the first game 10-3 and the second 21-11 in a 10-rule, five-inning game.

After game one lasted two and a half hours, both teams were fatigued enough that pitches starting missing in the game two.

Trinity had a 7-1 lead after the first inning and a 10-2 lead after the second, and it looked like the game would end quickly, but the Raiders put up eight runs in the third inning to tie the game at 10.

“We’ve had trouble putting people away,” Trinity coach Matt Mason said. “I don’t know if we get too relaxed when we have a big lead or what, but it puts the defense on the heels a little bit. We make an error, and then they get a couple runs and get back into the game.”

Jordan Dossett started game two for the Saints, holding Riverfield to four hits and two runs in the first two innings, but he began struggling in the third, giving up three earned runs and walking two.

Wells Middleton relieved him but faced just five batters, earning three more runs on one hit and two walks, and Jake Winston finished the inning with two earned runs on three hits.

But Givonni Dent earned the save with an impressive two-inning performance, giving up one run on one hit.

“We wanted to use Givonni in that game, but we wanted to get him more time in the bullpen before he got in,” Mason said. “We didn’t get to do that, but it seemed like once he got settled in he was throwing pretty well.”

The Saints struggled to put anything together in the third inning after giving up so many runs to the Raiders.

Chase Cater had silenced Trinity’s bats when he came in to end the second inning.

“They brought in that pitcher, and he did pretty well for a couple innings,” Mason said. “We had to make some adjustments, but the kids finally got their timing down on him.”

But Dent’s performance on the mound carried over to home plate in the fourth inning.

Dent hit a three-run home run to left field, starting a rally that carried the Saints through the fifth inning.

R.J. Fleming and Kent King had reached base on walks and Dossett reached first on a fielding error by the pitcher to score Fleming before Dent came up to bat.

The Saints scored five runs in the fourth and put up six more in the fifth to reach the run rule.

Caleb Upton also had a big night at the plate, hitting 4-for-4 with three RBI in game two.

“Caleb is a disciplined kid,” Mason said. “He understands the game, he doesn’t try to do too much and he does a great job.”

The Saints (7-4) have the weekend off before hosting River Oaks Academy Tuesday at Chester Willis Field.

Because three of the Saints’ past four games have been at or near three hours long, Mason said he’ll give them a much-needed rest.

I’m going to give them off on Saturday and Sunday,” he said. “But I told them to get ready to work hard on Monday. I just hope we continue to swing the bats well. If our pitching can keep up, we’ll be in good shape.”