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Quakers
swept by Mount Union
Team
falls to 14-11 on the season
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(WC
Press Release) WILMINGTON, Ohio (April 24, 2004) -- The Wilmington
College Quakers dropped both games of a double header against Mount
Union on Saturday afternoon.
In the first game, the Purple Raiders wasted no time in getting
on the scoreboard, as Mount Union scored three runs in the first,
before scoring one run in the next two innings and adding two more
in the fourth and another in the fifth, giving the visitors the
8-0 lead.
The
Quakers answered back in the bottom of the fifth, when Jimmy Wolverton
(London/Madison Plains) hit an RBI groundout, scoring Mike Kroeger
(Cincinnati/Elder) on the play. The run in the fifth was the last
run of the game, as the Purple Raiders cruised to the seven-run
win.
In the first-game loss, the Quakers had five people get a hit in
the game, as Burt Cox (Fairborn/Fairborn) picked up just his second
loss of the season, dropping his record to 5-2.
In
the second game, the Purple Raiders once again took out to a quick
lead, this time 2-0 before the Quakers answered with a pair of runs
in the bottom of the third, tying the game at two. The Purple Raiders
rallied, scoring four runs in the top of the fourth, giving the
game all of its scoring in the contest, as Mount Union left Tewksbury-Delaney
Field with a four-run victory.
Ben
Buehner (Germantown/Valley View) was 2-for-3 in the game while Matt
Morris (Hamilton/Hamilton) was 2-for-4. Morris and Chad Abbott (Hillsboro/Hillsboro)
each knocked in a run, while Aaron Lawson (Hebron/Lakewood) and
Greg Krieger (Bellefontaine/Bellefontaine) each crossed the plate.
Clayton Reynolds (Blanchester/Blanchester) picked up the loss, pitching
a complete game and allowing four earned runs.
With
the pair of losses, the team falls to 14-11 on the season and 2-8
in the OAC while Mount Union improves to 12-16 overall and 6-8 in
league play.
The
Quakers next take the field tomorrow, as the team plays host to
the Saints of Thomas More College starting at 1:00.
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