Tigers Split A Pair With Kenyon To Open NCAC Crossover Weekend
After dropping opener 13-4, Wittenberg storms back for 11-10 victory in the nightcap.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | 11 | 11 | 3 |
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers and the Kenyon Lords opened the final weekend of the 2014 season with a doubleheader split on the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Crossover Weekend.
The Lords opened with a 19-hit barrage to claim a 13-4 victory, but Wittenberg answered with a rally to claim an 11-10 victory. The two teams will play one final nine-inning game on Sunday, also at Wittenberg's Carleton Davidson Stadium. Wittenberg will head into that game with records of 11-28 overall and 4-14 in the NCAC, while Kenyon is now 12-24 overall and 3-15 in the NCAC.
In the opener, Kenyon jumped on the Tigers with three runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth to take a 7-1 lead. By the bottom of the ninth inning, the Lords held a commanding 13-1 advantage before the Tigers rallied to score three times.
Senior Alex Lochard (Sidney, Ohio/Sidney) made his first career start and allowed six hits and one walk for three earned runs in four innings. At the plate, seniors Tyler Grau (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller) and David Moore (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe) led with two hits apiece, while senior Tyler Hutchinson (Lebanon, Ohio/Cincinnati Moeller) hit a home run.
Game 2 was a slugfest, as the two teams combined for 27 hits. Hutchinson hit his second home run of the doubleheader and drove in four runs, Grau pounded a career-best four hits and drove in a pair, and junior Zac Wilson (Eaton, Ohio/Eaton) went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs.
On the mound, freshman Jon Ellerbrock (Tipp City, Ohio/Bethel) made his first career start before giving way to sophomore Jordan Hitt (South Charleston, Ohio/Southeastern). The final two relievers factored into the decision as junior Frank Sullivan (Milford, Ohio/Milford) picked up the win with 3.1 innings of three-hit, one-run baseball, and senior Jonathan Long (Hilliard, Ohio/Darby) closed with two-thirds of an inning to earn the save.