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Baseball Quakers Begin NCAC Series Against Wittenberg For Immediate Release: RICHMOND, Ind. — The Earlham College baseball team opened its North Coast Athletic Conference series on Saturday with Wittenberg University. Wittenberg defeated the Quakers 11-2 and 15-7 on the Earlham College baseball field. In the opener, The Tigers (20-14, 8-6) led 11-0 before the Quakers got on the scoreboard in the fifth. Junior Kyle Gallagher (Richmond, IN/Richmond) doubled with two outs. Sophomore Eric Sturgeon (Logansport, IN/Logansport) was hit by a pitch and then senior Derreck Parkevich (Logansport, IN/Logansport) doubled both runners home. Sturgeon (1-6) started on the mound working into the fourth inning and he suffered the loss. The second contest had a similar beginning for the Quakers as Wittenberg led 6-0 after two innings. Earlham scored a pair of runs in the fourth. First-year Cal Wilson (Pendleton, IN/ Pendleton Heights) doubled in a run and junior Kyle Bond (Ft. Wayne, IN/Homestead) knocked in the other run with a ground out and it was 6-2. Wittenberg added three more runs over the next two frames to lead 9-2 heading into the seventh. Both teams exploded in the last inning as Wittenberg scored six times and Earlham runners crossed the plate five times. Sophomore Manny Myers (Fairmount, IN/Madison-Grant) starting the scoring with a RBI single. First-year Drew Hosier (Gas City, IN/Mississinewa) later scored on a wild pitch. Sturgeon knocked in two runs with a double before Parkevich plated the final run with a single. First-year Alex Anderson (Logansport, IN/Logansport) was tagged with the loss to drop to 0-6 after working five innings for the Quakers. Earlham (9-22, 0-13) entertains Wittenberg University on Sunday
at the Earlham College baseball field. The first game of the doubleheader
is at 1 p.m. — EC — Contact:
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |