ADRIAN, Mich. - The No. 3 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University baseball team fell to No. 6 nationally ranked Denison University by a score of 7-1 in a battle of two Top-10 teams and a neutral site non-conference game at Nicolay Field.
BW (10-3) was able to hold Denison (10-2) to only two runs in the first three innings despite five hits, but a four-run fifth powered the Big Red to victory.
Scoring Plays
- Top 9th - Junior left fielder Joey Marousek (North Royalton) drove in BW's only run with a double to left
At the Plate
- Marousek went 3-for-5 with two singles, a double, and an RBI
- Sophomore center fielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) recorded a career-high two hits and scored one run
- Senior catcher Mark Mohnickey Jr. (North Ridgeville/St. Edward) and sophomore left fielder Reid Fleming (Pickerington/North) collected the Yellow Jackets' last two hits
On the Mound
- Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference right-hander Garrett Miller (McMurray, Pa.) threw 4.1 innings with a team-high four strikeouts allowing five runs on six hits
- Senior right-hander Aidan Bennett (Naples, Fla./Barron Collier) surrendered two runs on three hits through two and two thirds innings pitched and tallied two strikeouts
- Sophomore left-hander Nolan Kellicker (Dover) made his season debut and collected his first collegiate strikeout as he pitched a perfect eighth inning
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets are back in action tomorrow Saturday, March 16 as they continue their roadtrip to Adrian, Mich. with a non-conference game against Adrian (Mich.) College at 5 p.m. at Nicolay Field.
