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Baseball Quakers Drop Pair of NCAC Contests on the Road For Immediate Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning put the Earlham College baseball team on the wrong end of a 6-5 score on Monday as Wittenberg University took a pair of North Coast Athletic Conference games from the Quakers. Wittenberg won the first game 17-7 before taking the second contest in the final inning. Earlham got off to a three-run lead in game two as first-year Jake Carr (Richmond, IN/Richmond) and senior Kyle Bond (Ft. Wayne, IN/Homestead) knocked in runs, while the Quakers also added an unearned score in the first inning. The Tigers, however, responded with four runs in the bottom of the frame and another tally in the second to go in front 5-3. Sophomore Cal Wilson (Pendleton, IN/Pendleton Heights) made it 5-4 with a RBI double in the fifth before junior Eric Sturgeon (Logansport, IN/Logansport) had a run-scoring single in the sixth to tie contest at 5-5 to set the stage for Wittenberg’s winning run one inning later. Senior Kyle Gallagher (Richmond, IN/Richmond), sophomore Tilmon Clark (Winchester, IN/Winchester), Sturgeon and Wilson led the Quakers with two hits apiece. Sophomore Alex Anderson (Logansport, IN/Logansport) went the distance on the mound for the Quakers and dropped to 1-7 on the season. In the opener, the Quakers fell behind 5-0 in the third before scoring four times in the fourth. Anderson and Clark knocked in runs with doubles, while sophomore Danny Bridge (Logansport, IN/Lewis Cass) had a sacrifice fly before Sturgeon’s RBI single made it 5-4. Wittenberg (13-12, 6-4 NCAC West) followed with an eight-run fifth inning to take control of the contest. Earlham added three runs in the seventh when Clark doubled home a pair of runs and Gallagher added a RBI single on his fourth hit of the game. Clark, Anderson and Sturgeon had two hits each for the Quakers. Sturgeon (2-3) pitched four innings to take the loss. Earlham (5-17, 0-8 in NCAC West) meet again Tuesday for another doubleheader to complete the four-game conference series. The opening game starts at 5 p.m.Game one box score. Game two box score. — EC — Contact: |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |