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Baseball Quakers Fall to Cedarville at Fifth Third Field For Immediate Release: DAYTON, Ohio — A four-run inning proved to be too much for the Earlham College baseball team to overcome on Thursday as the Quakers dropped a 9-6 decision to Cedarville University. The nine-inning single contest was played at Fifth Third Field, which is the home of the Dayton Dragons the Class A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. The Quakers started well with a pair of runs in the first inning. First-year Andrew Morrical (Summitville, IN/Madison-Grant) had a RBI double and then first-year Corey Murray (Richmond, IN/Richmond) made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly. Cedarville (11-24) tied the contest with a run in the first and another in the third inning. Senior Eric Sturgeon (Logansport, IN/Logansport) put the Quakers back on top with a two-run double in the fifth. Unfortunately for the Quakers, Cedarville made it 4-4 in the bottom of the fifth. One frame later the Yellow Jackets added the decisive four runs to make it 8-4. In the eighth, Morrical knocked in two more runs for Earlham with a double to close the gap to 8-6. Cedarville added the final tally in the bottom of the inning. Morrical and junior Alex Anderson (Logansport, IN/Logansport) led the Quakers with three hits each, while first-year Kyle Stauffer (Kettering, OH/Fairmont) added a pair of hits. Sturgeon (1-2) worked 5⅔ innings and suffered the loss. Sturgeon gave up eight runs on 12 hits, while junior Randy Kerns (West Manchester, OH/National Trail) worked 1⅓ innings surrendering one hits with three strikeouts. Junior Corey Gareri (Thorntown, IN/Western Boone) pitched the ninth giving up a run on two hits with one strikeout. Earlham (13-16) gets back into North Coast Athletic Conference play on Saturday with a doubleheader at Denison University. The first contest is scheduled at 4 p.m.— EC — Contact: |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |