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Baldwin Wallace University

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Photo Courtesy of Matt Hutson
Junior Academic All-OAC Left-Hander Brit Kostura
19
Winner Baldwin Wallace BALDWIN 4-5
2
North Central NCC 2-9
Winner
Baldwin Wallace BALDWIN
4-5
19
Final
2
North Central NCC
2-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Baldwin Wallace BALDWIN 2 3 9 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 19 21 0
North Central NCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2 9 4

W: Kostura, Brit (1-0) L: Gerdes, Ryan (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 21 Baseball Crushes North Central (Ill.) in Granville Tournament Opener

GRANVILLE, Ohio - The No. 21 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University baseball team opened the Granville Tournament hosted by No. 6 nationally ranked Denison University by defeating North Central (Ill.) College by a final score of 19-2 on Big Red Field.

Scoring Summary

  • Top 1st - Senior All-OAC first baseman Mally Kilbane (Olmsted Township/Olmsted Falls) drove in a run with a sac fly and junior All-OAC shortstop Sean Kolenich (Parma/St. Edward) came in to score after a throwing error on the relay 
  • Top 2nd - Junior All-OAC centerfielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) executed the squeeze to score senior catcher Eric Coode (Painesville/Mentor)
  • Top 2nd - Senior All-OAC left fielder Joey Marousek (North Royalton) kept the bats going with an RBI single
  • Top 2nd - Kolenich grounded out but was able to bring in another BW run
  • Top 3rd - Ritlinger-Nirider hit a liner to center to put the Jackets up 7-0
  • Top 3rd - Marousek drove in his second and third runs with another single
  • Top 3rd - Kilbane scored two with his double to left
  • Top 3rd - Sophomore third baseman Colin West (Westborough, Mass./Worcester Academy) got in on the action and delivered an RBI single
  • Top 3rd - Senior first baseman Nathan Zinn (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) stayed hot with a two run shot to left
  • Top 5th - West tied a career-high two RBI with another single
  • Top 5th - Kilbane swiped home after a passed ball
  • Top 5th - Junior Academic All-OAC second baseman Matt Terzola (Uniontown/Archbishop Hoban) was the seventh BW starter to pick up an RBI with a two-out single
  • Top 7th - Senior first baseman Harrison Johnson (Mason/William Mason) scored after another Cardinal miscue
  • Top 9th - Sophomore third baseman Carson Petrecca (Willowick/Eastlake North) drove in the team's 19th and final run with a two-out single
At the Plate
  • Marousek led the way going 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored
  • West and Kolenich each tallied three hits with two RBI and one RBI, respectively
  • Kilbane and Ritlinger-Nirider each went 2-for-3 with three RBI and scoring two runs
  • Terzola also added two hits with an RBI and a run scored
On the Mound
  • Junior Academic All-OAC left-hander Brit Kostura (Tequesta, Fla./Jupiter Christian School) picked up the win after throwing five scoreless innings where he struck out five and allowed five hits and four walks
  • Sophomore right-hander Matt Moscarino (Strongsville/Padua Franciscan) pitched two innings where he struck out four of the seven batters he faced and allowed one hit
  • Freshman right-hander Brady Richman (Fort Wayne, Ind./Heritage) threw one inning where he struck out a career-high two batters and allowed two runs on two hits
  • Freshman right-hander Trip Thaler (Kirtland) made his collegiate debut as he faced five batters in the ninth allowing only a walk and a hit
The Yellow Jackets are back in action Saturday, March 15 as they continue the Granville Tournament by taking on Adrian (Mich.) College at 12 p.m. in Big Red Stadium.
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