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QUAKER
MEETING ... Wilmington College head coach Tony Haley holds
a Quaker meeting with his infield contingent.
Quakers split two
with Ohio Northern
Kroeger
has five hits for WC
[Game
1 Box Score]
[Game
2 Box Score]
April
26, 2006
Mike Kroeger |
ADA —
Pitching was the dominant force Wednesday as Wilmington College
split an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader at Ohio Northern.
Junior
Jamison George (Mount Sterling/Miami Trace) fired a three-hitter
as the Quakers took game one, 1-0. In game two, Wilmington
was held to three hits as the Polar Bears posted a 3-1 win.
Wilmington
is now 5-7 in OAC play, 13-12 overall while ONU is 1-11 and
5-27.
"If someone
would have told me that we would come up here and have eight
hits in two games, I wouldn't have believed it," WC head coach
Tony Haley said. "Our pitching was outstanding and our hitting
was horrendous."
George
struck out eight, walked one and threw only 67 pitches to
turn in his best starting performance of the season.
"Jamison
had command the whole game," Haley said. "He has been struggling
a little bit. Before the game, I told him that he can't worry
about his record because it doesn't indicate what type of
pitcher he is, and to just go out there, throw strikes and
have fun."
Wilmington
plated the winning run on a Jimmy Wolverton (London/Madison
Plains) single in the top of the seventh.
For the
game, Wilmington tallied five hits, three of which came off
the bat of junior first baseman Mike Kroeger (Cincinnati/Elder).
Kroeger
had two of Wilmington's three hits in game two, including
a fourth-inning double that drove home junior shortstop Greg
Krieger (Bellefontaine) with what proved to be the Quakers'
only run of the game.
Junior
Ronnie Campbell (Lynchburg/Lynchburg-Clay) gave up three runs
in the second inning, but allowed just two hits over the final
five innings in a tough-luck losing performance.
"Ronnie
pitched really well, but we just couldn't hit," Haley said.
"Now, we're in a hole, as far as the OAC tournament is concerned.
Hopefully, we can bounce back Saturday."
The Quakers
host Heidelberg in a 1 p.m. OAC doubleheader Saturday.
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