April 7, 2002

BOX SCORE (Game 1)
BOX SCORE (Game 2)

WILMINGTON, Ohio - The Wilmington College Quaker baseball team won their tenth game of the season, beating the Tigers of Georgetown College (15-18), in the second game of a double header. The victory keeps the Quakers above .500 at 10-9 overall on the year.

The Quakers struggled in the first game, as the visiting Tigers took off to a 2-0 lead after their half of the first inning. Wilmington closed the gap to one in their half of the first inning when Josh Ritter (Cincinnati/Purcell Marian) knocked in Justin Evans (Franklin/Franklin) with a fielders choice. Georgetown then scored another run in the second inning before the Quakers countered with a run of their own when Josh Martin (Circleville/Circleville) brought home Joe Rosato (Mason/Mason) with a base hit. Georgetown then erupted for five runs in each of the next two innings to take off with a 13-2 lead after four innings. The Quakers scored a run in the sixth and seventh inning, but it was too little, too late as the Quakers ended the game trailing by 12 at 16-4.

In the opening contest, the hosts were led by Rosato who batted three-for-three while Evans hit three-for-four. Ritter knocked in a team high two runs while four different Quakers passed the plate.

In the afternoon finale, Wilmington jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Evans hit a solo home run. The game remained scoreless until the third inning when the Tigers tied the game at one. In the fourth inning, the Quakers bats came alive as they scored three runs, two of which came from an Evans double. The Green and White then tacked on four insurance runs in the fifth inning to give the game its 8-2 final score.

In the second contest the hosts were led by Evans, as he batted three-for-four for the second game in a row. Martin batted two-for-three as Everett Gibson (Cincinnati/Northwest) scored two runs in the win. John Elsen (Fairfield/Fairfield) picked up the win for the Green and White as he pitched the complete game victory, striking out five in the process.

With the wins, the team improves to 10-9 on the year with their next game set for Tuesday, April 9 as the team takes on the Earlham Quakers in the Baseball Quaker Bowl in the friendly confines of Tewksbury-Delany Field.