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Baseball Big Rally Helps Quakers in Second Game of Twinbill For Immediate Release: FT. PIERCE, Fla. — A successful squeeze play by junior Randy Kerns scored what turned out to be the winning run on Wednesday as the Earlham College baseball team beat Delaware Valley College 8-7 in the second game of a doubleheader after falling 4-2 in the opener at the Lawnwood Baseball Complex. The score was tied 7-7 in the bottom of the fifth when Kerns (West Manchester, OH/National Trail) stepped to the plate with runners at second and third with one out. Kerns bunted the first pitch from Delaware Valley’s Chris Albaugh as first-year Corey Murray (Richmond, IN/Richmond) raced home to give the Quakers the lead. “It was a huge play,” Earlham Interim Head Coach Joe Rodden said. “Randy placed it perfectly down the first base line.” The sacrifice bunt by Kerns completed a five-run rally that put the Quakers in front for good. Earlham started the fifth inning trailing 7-3 after surrendering four runs in the top of the frame. Senior Eric Sturgeon (Logansport, IN/Logansport), sophomore Jake Carr (Richmond, IN/Richmond), first-year Corey Murray (Richmond, IN/Richmond) and first-year Adam Painter (Ft. Wayne, IN/Snider) all had RBI singles to put Kerns in position to be the hero. Slow start Earlham fell behind 3-0 before the Quakers were able to score in the second inning on a run-scoring single by first-year Kyle Stauffer (Kettering, OH/Fairmont). In the third, the Quakers tied the game at 3-3 on RBI groundouts by Sturgeon and Carr. Murray started on the mound for the Quakers and went four innings giving up three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts. Kerns (2-0) earned the victory with three innings of relief. After giving up the four runs to Delaware Valley in the fifth, he worked a perfect sixth and seventh to put the game away. Sturgeon led the Quakers with three hits, while junior Alex Anderson (Logansport, IN/Logansport), Carr, Painter and first-year Andrew Morrical (Summitville, IN/Madison-Grant) added two hits each. Game one Earlham jumped out to an early led in the first game when Sturgeon and Carr executed a double steal that allowed Sturgeon to score as Carr took second. First-year Kyle Ripperger (Richmond, IN/Richmond) added to the lead with a RBI double in the top of the fourth. Unfortunately for the Quakers, Delaware Valley responded with a score in the bottom of the fourth and three more runs in the fifth. The four runs proved to be enough for Delaware Valley starter Mike Isgro. “Delaware Valley threw its top pitchers, so it was nice to get a split,” Rodden said. Isgro (2-0) has won both of his starts for Delaware Valley this season and has given up two runs in 15 innings. Sean Tappen, who was on the mound in the second game, began the day with a 1.65 ERA before the Quakers knocked him out in the decisive fifth inning. Carr had two of Earlham’s five hits in the opener. Anderson (1-2) pitched 4⅔ innings and gave up eight hits and four runs with only one being earned. Junior Corey Gareri (Thorntown, IN/Western Boone) got the final four outs in relief surrendering one hit, while striking out one to finish the contest. After an off day on Thursday, the Quakers (6-6) return to the field Friday against the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The doubleheader gets underway at 4 p.m. — EC — Contact: |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |