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April 24, 2002
BOX
SCORE (Game 1)
BOX SCORE
(Game 2)
WILMINGTON, Ohio The Quakers of
Wilmington College dropped two games to
intra-state foe Denison University on
Saturday by scores of 9-8 and 3-2.
In the first game of the
day, the 9-8 defeat, Denison jumped out
to a quick lead in the first inning when
leadoff batter Cam Cowden hit a home run
to start the game and give the visitors
a 1-0 lead. Denison scored another run
in the third inning before the Green and
White scored their first run of the game
when Brent Bird (Hilliard/Hilliard
Darby) led off the third inning with
a solo home run, cutting the Big Red lead
to one at 2-1. Denison the erupted for
five runs in the fourth inning, and two
more in the fifth to take a 9-1 lead going
into the bottom of the fifth inning. In
the Quakers' at bat in the fifth, the
Quakers hit three consecutive doubles
with Aaron Lawson (Hebron/Lakewood),
Al Ledford (Blanchester/Blanchester)
and Joe Rosato (Mason/Mason) with
each getting an RBI in the process, as
the team scored three runs in the inning,
cutting the deficit to five at 9-4.
The Quakers put another
three-spot on the board in the bottom
of the sixth inning Bird hit a one-run
double and Martin then plated two more
with a double of his own, cutting the
Big Red lead to two going into the seventh
inning. After a second consecutive scoreless
inning for the Green and White, Ledford
led off the bottom of the seventh inning
with a home run to cut the lead to one.
The Quakers were unable to muster any
more runs, as the visitors from Granville
ended the game on top 9-8.
Bird and Jess Shepherd
(Lexington, KY/Lexington Catholic)
each batted two-for-three from the plate
while Martin, Lawson and Ledford each
hit two-for-four. Martin, Ledford and
Bird each knocked in two runs while Ledford
and Bird scored twice in the game.
John Elsen (Fairfield/Fairfield) picked
up the loss for the Green and White, pitching
3.2 innings, allowing just three earned
runs.
In the afternoon finale,
the Quakers faced off against strong pitcher
Ryan Hite, who allowed just one hit in
the contest. The Quakers got on the board
first in the game as Rosato reached on
an error by the third baseman with Jerod
Theobald (Cleves/LaSalle) also reached
base with an error by the third baseman
as Rosato advanced to third. After a flyout,
Bird walked with the final ball getting
past the catcher, scoring Rosato. After
a solo home run by Denison in the top
of the third inning to tie the game at
one, Evans came to the plate in the bottom
of the third and started the inning off
with a home run, the only hit allowed
by Hite in the game. The Quakers kept
their one-run lead until the top of the
fifth inning when the visitors scored
two runs off of a two-run double. After
a scoreless fifth inning, the game was
called due to rain, giving the Big Red
the 3-2 victory in five innings.
In the last game of the
afternoon, Evans was the only Quaker batter
to record a hit, with his third inning
solo home run. Ryan Roush (Hamersville/Western
Brown) picked up the loss for the
Green and White, pitching 4.1 innings,
allowing just the three runs in the game.
The next game for the Green
and White is set for Sunday, April 28,
2002 as the team travels to Urbana, Ohio
to take on the Urbana Knights. .
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