UOlivet sweeps Wilmington, 3-0 and 10-4

WILMINGTON, Ohio – The University of Olivet baseball team swept a non-conference doubleheader against Wilmington (Ohio) College today at Tewksbury-Delaney Field.

THE BASICS

• Final Scores: Olivet 3, Wilmington 0; Olivet 10, Wilmington 4
• Location: Tewksbury-Delaney Field; Wilmington, Ohio
• Records: Olivet 3-1 overall, Wilmington 0-2 overall

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• The Comets led 1-0 after the first inning when Brody Parten singled, advanced to second base on a passed ball, went to third base on a ground out and scored on a wild pitch. Olivet took advantage of a error by the shortstop to score two unearned runs in the fifth inning.
• On the mound, Bryan Carney tossed a complete game, three-hitter. He struck out 14 and walked zero batters to improve to 2-0 on the season. Parten finished the game with two of the five Comet hits.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• The Quakers scored a run in the bottom of the second on a sacrifice fly. Olivet then erupted for seven runs in the top of the third. The big hit of the inning was a grand slam by junior Ray Strzynski. After Wilmington plated two runs back in the fourth inning, the Comets immediately answered with two runs in their half of the fifth. Both teams scored a run in the sixth inning.
• At the plate, Olivet had nine hits. Austin Alflen, Wyatt Ball and EJ Suggitt each had two hits. Ball, Suggitt and Tyler Duncan scored two runs apiece. Logan Lewis picked-up the pitching win after giving up three runs (one earned) on eight hits over five innings.

UP NEXT

• The Comets and Quakers finish the three-game series tomorrow with a single game, starting at 12 p.m.