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Baseball Big Inning Helps Quakers in Win at Franklin For Immediate Release: FRANKLIN, Ind. — A four-run sixth inning by the Earlham College baseball team made the difference on Tuesday as the Quakers defeated Franklin College 8-5. The score was tied 3-3 with two outs in the sixth when senior Kyle Bond (Ft.Wayne, IN/Homestead) gave the Quakers a 5-3 advantage with a two-run single. The next batter, first-year Jake Carr (Richmond, IN/Richmond), knocked in two more runs with a triple as Earlham led 7-3. Junior Eric Sturgeon (Logansport, IN/Logansport) doubled home Earlham’s final run in the seventh before Franklin added one run in the eighth and another in the ninth. Sturgeon (1-0) picked up the win for the Quakers working five innings on the mound giving up three runs on six hits with four strikeouts. “Eric gave us a great start,” Earlham Head Coach Tom Parkevich said. “It was his first outing and he threw really well.” Sophomore Alex Anderson (Logansport, IN/Logansport) earned his first save tossing the last four innings surrendering two runs on four hits with three strikeouts. Early lead Earlham scored a pair of runs in the first inning with Sturgeon highlighting the frame with a sacrifice fly. Franklin (5-3) went in front 3-2 in the second scoring three times before the Quakers responded in the third to knot the contest at 3-3 on a RBI single by Carr. “The players knew and had confidence that we were going to come back,” Parkevich said. “I was proud of them.” Carr led the Quakers with four hits, while Sturgeon and senior Kyle Gallagher (Richmond, IN/Richmond) added three each. Bond had two hits. “It was a great win for us,” Parkevich said. “They were 5-2 and may have been the best team we’ve played at this point.” Earlham (1-4) returns to action on Sunday as the Quakers begin play in Florida against Wisconsin-Superior in Ft. Pierce, Fla. The game is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Box score.— EC — Contact: |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |