Baseball

Quakers Finish NCAC Series at Ohio Wesleyan

For Immediate Release:
March 27, 2006

DELAWARE, Ohio — The Earlham College baseball team continued its North Coast Athletic Conference series at Ohio Wesleyan University on Monday.

The Quakers fell twice to the Bishops 6-1 in the opener at Littick Field and 17-2 in the second game.

Senior Derreck Parkevich (Logansport, IN/Logansport) led the Quakers with two hits. First-year Cal Wilson (Pendleton, IN/ Pendleton Heights) knocked in Earlham’s run in the seventh inning with a single.

Parkevich (3-1) started on the mound for the Quakers and worked five innings as he suffered his first loss of the season.

Ohio Wesleyan (12-3, 4-0 in NCAC West) scored seven times in the first inning of the second contest and never looked back.

Earlham scored in the fourth inning. Sophomore Eric Sturgeon (Logansport, IN/Logansport) came home on a wild pitch and junior Kyle Bond (Ft. Wayne, IN/Homestead) picked up a RBI on a ground out.

Sturgeon and first-year Tilmon Clark (Winchester, IN/Winchester) led the Quakers with two hits each. Sturgeon (0-4) pitched four innings for the Quakers and took the loss.

Earlham (6-11, 0-4) returns home Wednesday afternoon as the Quakers entertain Hanover College at McBride Stadium. The non-conference game begins at 5 p.m.
Game One Box Score. Game Two Box Score.

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