March 30, 2002

BOX SCORE

WILMINGTON, Ohio ­ The Wilmington College Quakers ran into a buzzsaw on Saturday afternoon, as the Pioneers of Marietta came in to Wilmington and ran over the Green and White in town games of a double header. Marietta came out on top in the first game 12-1 and then scored 12 more in the second game in their 12-3 win.

In the first game, the Quakers got down early, as Marietta scored four runs in the top of the first inning, highlighted by a home run by Jay Coakley the sailed over the center field wall. The Pioneers scored two more in the second and one in the fourth before the Quakers could get on the board when Brent Bird (Hilliard/Hilliard Darby) knocked in Aaron Lawson (Hebron/Lakewood). Marietta would tack on three more in the fifth and two more in the seventh to end the game with its 12-1 score.

The Quakers were held to just four hits by pitcher Trey Lamb (3-0) who struck out six in five innings of work. Luke Ogden (Peebles/Peebles) picked up the loss for the Quakers pitching four innings and striking out two.

In the second game of the twin bill, Marietta scored four runs in the first inning before the Quakers fought back in their half of the inning when Al Ledford (Blanchester/Blanchester) hit a home run over the right field fence cutting the lead to three at 4-1. The Pioneers scored two more in the second before the Quakers cut the lead to three at 6-3 as the team put two runs across the board in the fourth inning. The comeback was not enough however as Marietta scored two more in the fifth and four more to finish the game in the seventh.

The Quakers managed three runs in the game on just three hits, two of which came from Ledford who was a perfect 2-for-2 in the game. Derrick Wellington (Chillicothe/Chillicothe) picked up the loss for the Green and White in pitching 6.2 innings.

The losses drop the Quakers season record to 7-7 with their next game set for Tuesday, April 2 against Temple Baptist.