UOlivet loses pitcher’s duel at Calvin, 3-2

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UOlivet loses pitcher’s duel at Calvin, 3-2
April 10, 2026

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The University of Olivet baseball team fell to Calvin University, 3-2, in a pitcher's duel for the opener of a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association three-game series.

THE BASICS

  • Final Score: Calvin 3, Olivet 2
  • Location: CU Baseball Field; Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Records: Olivet 12-11 overall, 4-4 MIAA; Calvin 10-18 overall, 1-8 MIAA

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Comets used a two-out rally to score a run in the first inning. Senior Braden Abbott ripped a triple to right-center field and came around to score on a senior Mikey Kuzara's single through the right side of the infield.
  • Landon Evans hit a three-run homer for the Knights in the bottom half of the first. Olivet left two runners stranded at least one runner in each of the next three innings. In the eighth, the Comets pulled within a run on an RBI-single by senior Tyler Hall. Later in the frame, Olivet loaded the bases to force a pitching change for Calvin. A flyout ended the threat.
  • Down to their last out, Abbott walked on a 3-1 count. Senior Nate Droste entered the game as a pinch runner and took second on a failed pickoff attempt. A strikeout ended the game.

FOR THE COMETS

  • Abbott tallied two hits, a double and a single.
  • Junior EJ Suggitt reached base safely in three of his five plate appearances, with a walk, hit by pitch and single.
  • Senior Mikey Kuzara was 1-for-2 with two walks. He scored a run.
  • Senior Bryan Carney suffered the hard-luck pitching loss. He scattered six hits and two walks, while striking out 10 over six innings.
  • Junior Logan Lewis threw two scoreless innings of relief and recorded three strikeouts.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

  • Carney is now 13 strikeouts away from breaking the UOlivet single season record and 11 shy of breaking the career record. He has 85 this season and 250 in his career. Both records are now held by Chris Gumper with 97 during the 1996 season and 260 from 1993-96.

UP NEXT

  • Olivet and Calvin will play a doubleheader at the Cutler Athletic Complex tomorrow, beginning at 1 p.m.