Baseball team loses heartbreaker to Aquinas, 6-5, in 10 innings
The Olivet College baseball team lost a heartbreaker to Aquinas College, 6-5, in 10 innings this afternoon at Kimble Field in Wyoming.
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WYOMING, Mich. – The Olivet College baseball team lost a heartbreaker to Aquinas College, 6-5, in 10 innings this afternoon at Kimble Field in Wyoming.
Aquinas dented the scoreboard for the first time in the third inning when it scored two runs. The Comets grabbed a 3-2 lead when they scored three times in the sixth inning. Junior Andrew Brawley (Niles), freshman Joey Myers (Holt) and freshman Tom Kort (New Hudson/South Lyon) each had an RBI-single.
The Saints came back to regain the lead, 5-3, with three runs in the eighth inning. Olivet sent the game to extra innings with a pair of runs in the top half of the ninth. Kort walked to start the inning and advanced to third on a double from sophomore Joel Peters (Auburn Hills/Avondale). Freshman Drew Thompson (Canton/Plymouth) hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Kort. Junior Randy Young (Wixom/Walled Lake Western) hit a two-out double to score Peters with the tying run.
Aquinas scored the winning run in the 10th in an unusual way. The Saints did not record a hit or was credited with an official at-bat. The leadoff batter walked, stole second, a walk and then a hit by pitch loaded the bases. A wild pitch ended the game, with the winning run being scored.
The Comets out-hit Aquinas, 11-6, and every starter had at least one. Kort and Young topped the team with two hits apiece. On the mound, six Olivet pitchers combined for the nine innings. Freshman David Hernandez (Lansing/Everett) worked the first three innings, and gave up the two runs on two hits. Senior Sean Alexander (Fenton) and junior Jay Magro (Bridgman) each threw a scoreless inning. Sophomore Jake Ball (Cadillac) allowed two hits in two innings.
Junior Kyle Fisher (Vermontville/Maple Valley) did not record an out and surrendered the three runs in the eighth on just one hit. Brawley pitched the final two innings and gave up the winning run for the loss.
The Comets will host Albion College for the first two games of a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) series Saturday. First pitch is 1 p.m. from the Cutler Athletic Complex.