Baseball splits with Thomas More

ERLANGER, Ky. (March 31, 2003) ­ The Wilmington College Quakers split their third consecutive double header, this one to Thomas More College on Sunday. The Saints came up victorious in the first one by an 11-1 score before the Quakers came back and defeated the hosts 5-1 in the afternoon finale.

In the first game Thomas More jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings, and led 9-0 after four before the Green and White got their only run of the game off of a Mike Kroeger (Cincinnati/Elder) solo home run.

Overall in the game, the visitors managed to scrape out just five hits with Kroeger batting 2-for-3 in the game. John Elsen (Fairfield/Fairfield) picked up the loss, pitching three-and-two-thirds of an inning, allowing 10 hits and four earned runs.

In the second game the Quakers jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first inning when the team scored on a throwing error by the catcher and an RBI single by Aaron Lawson (Hebron/Lakewood). In the fourth inning the Quakers added on another pair of runs and added an insurance score in the top of the fifth to lead 5-0 before the Saints were able to squeeze a runner across the plate to avoid the shutout.

Lawson was 3-for-3 from the plate to go with a pair of RBI's and a run scored. Justin Evans (Franklin/Franklin) went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and his first triple of the season. Dusty Mack (Batavia/Glen Este) picked up his third win of the season in pitching six-and-one-third innings, allowing the single run while striking out one.

The split brings the Quakers' record to 11-4-1 on the season while Thomas More goes to 19-3.

The next game for the Quakers is on Thursday when the team hosts Temple Baptist College with the first pitch set for 3:00 p.m.