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Baseball Quakers Finish the Season against NCAC Rival For Immediate Release: RICHMOND, Ind. — The Earlham College baseball team ended the 2008 season on Sunday as the Quakers dropped a pair of games to Wabash College at McBride Stadium. Wabash won the opener of the North Coast Athletic Conference West Division doubleheader 3-2 before taking the second contest 12-7. Earlham finishes 13-27 overall and 2-14 in the conference. The 13 wins this season equal the highest number of victories for the Quakers since 1995. Sunday was the final time that senior Eric Sturgeon (Logansport, IN/Logansport) would wear an Earlham uniform. Sturgeon, who became Earlham’s all-time hits leader on Saturday, ended at 154 with a double on Sunday. That hit put him at the top of the all-time doubles list with 31 as he passed Derreck Parkevich (2003-06) and Bobby Ebright (1995-97). The highest career batting average also now belongs to Sturgeon as he hit .368 during his four years. Todd Hawkins (1989-92) is second with a career average of .365. All of the records date back to 1974. Game one Sophomore Jake Carr (Richmond, IN/Richmond) gave the Quakers an early 1-0 lead with a home run in the first inning. In the third, first-year Andrew Morrical (Summitville, IN/Madison-Grant) drilled a homer to put Earlham up 2-0. Junior Alex Anderson (Logansport, IN/Logansport) blanked Wabash (20-19, 9-7) until the sixth inning when the Little Giants tied the contest with a pair of runs. In the seventh, Wabash scored an unearned run off of Anderson (3-6) to win the game. Anderson went seven innings giving up three runs on eight hits with four strikeouts. Morrical led the Quakers with three hits. Game two Three runs in the first inning of the second game got the Quakers off to a quick start. Carr and Sturgeon had back-to-back RBI doubles. First-year Kyle Ripperger (Richmond, IN/Richmond) added a run-scoring single and Earlham led 3-0. Wabash scored a run in the second, but the Quakers responded with four runs in the bottom of the frame. Junior Tilmon Clark (Winchester, IN/Winchester) made it 4-1 with a RBI double. Morrical and Carr each knocked in runs with singles before Anderson scored the final run on a wild pitch. Unfortunately for the Quakers, the six-run advantage wouldn’t last as Wabash scored nine times in the third to take a 10-7 lead. The Little Giants scored twice in the fifth for the final runs of the season. Junior Randy Kerns (West Manchester, OH/National Trail) started the second game and took the loss to finish the spring at 3-5. Morrical, Carr, Clark and junior Danny Bridge (Logansport, IN/Lewis Cass) led the Quakers with two hits apiece.— EC — Contact: |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |