Baseball team loses both games of doubleheader against Hope

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) foe Hope College, 17-2 and 12-1, this afternoon at the Cutler Athletic Complex.

Final Scores: Hope 17, Olivet 2 (7); Hope 12, Olivet 1 (8)
Location: Cutler Athletic Complex; Olivet, Michigan
Records: Olivet 6-18 overall, 1-9 MIAA; Hope 14-6 overall, 5-2 MIAA

• Hope pushed across one run in the first inning, three runs in the second, two runs in the fourth and one run in the fifth for a 7-0 lead.
• The Comets used four straight hits – double, single, double and single – to score two runs in the bottom half of the fifth.
• The Flying Dutchmen then sent 14 batters to the plate and scored 10 runs in the seventh.

• Olivet had five hits.
• Senior Matt Fisher and freshman Blake Hawkins each hit a double.
• Junior James Harris, senior John Kortz and junior Sylas Woll each had a single.
• Senior Hunter Henson suffered the pitching loss after giving up the first seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits over six innings.

• Hope pounded out 18 base hits, with 14 singles, two doubles, one triple and one home run.
• Brant Kym was 4-for-5 with four RBI.
• Out of the leadoff spot in the lineup, Spencer Cable tallied three hits, while scoring four runs and driving in three.
• Robbie Stuursma had two hits and collected three RBI.
• Owen Krizan went the distance on the mound to earn the win.

• The Flying Dutchmen played three runs in the second inning and one run in the third to go up 4-0.
• Olivet scored its lone run in the fifth inning.
• Hope used three hits, three walks and three hit batters to score six runs in the seventh.
• The Flying Dutchmen capped their scoring with a two-run eighth inning.

• Olivet was held to five hits, all singles.
• Fisher, Hawkins, Woll, and seniors Matt Hewitt and Logan Sella recorded the hits.
• Sophomore Gabriel Kirck drove in the only run.
• Sophomore Keegan Kuha was tagged with the pitching loss after allowing three runs on three hits over the first two innings.
• Four relief pitchers threw in the game and combined to surrender nine runs (eight earned) on six hits.

• Hope tallied nine hits, including two doubles.
• Nolan Gardner and Andrew Gilpin each had two hits.
• Gilpin drove in a team-best three runs.
• Kainan Bayn did not have a hit but scored a team-leading three runs.
• Matt Plaehn pitched seven innings to pick-up the win. He allowed an unearned run on five hits, while striking out six.
• Branden Rosenfeld pitched a perfect eighth inning.

• Olivet welcomes Albion College to the Cutler Athletic Complex next Tuesday, April 19, for a doubleheader, starting at 2 p.m.