BEREA, Ohio - The Baldwin Wallace University baseball team defeated Bluffton University by a final score of 11-2 in a non-conference game at Fisher Field.
Scoring Plays
- Bottom 1st - Senior All-OAC left fielder Joey Marousek (North Royalton) hit a two-run triple to give BW the early lead
- Bottom 1st - Senior Academic All-OAC third baseman Noah English (Perrysburg) added an insurance run with an RBI single
- Bottom 2nd - Sophomore third baseman Colin West (Westborough, Mass./Worcester Academy) busted the game wide open with a two-out grand slam
- Bottom 3rd - Junior All-OAC center fielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) singled through the left side to drive in another Jacket run
- Bottom 4th - Marousek grounded out to short but it was enough to bring in his third RBI of the day
- Bottom 6th - Sophomore catcher Mason Fixx (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) picked up his third hit of the day with a two-run double
At the Plate
- Fixx finished a team-best 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored
- Marousek was perfect at the plate going 2-for-2 with three RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base
- West went 2-for-3 including his first collegiate homer with a game-high four RBI and also scored three runs
- Ritlinger-Nirider also notched two hits
On the Mound
- Senior All-OAC right-hander Dylan Snyder (Stow/Archbishop Hoban) went four innings in today's start with four strikeouts and allowed two runs on three hits and four walks
- Senior Academic All-OAC right-hander Kade Swisher (Berea/Berea-Midpark) threw two innings where he struck out three and allowed only three hits on his way to his first win of the season
- Freshman right-hander Brady Richman (Fort Wayne, Ind./Heritage) went three up-three down with two strikeouts in the seventh while sophomore right-hander Will Henderlich (Madison) recorded his first-career strikeout and struck out the side in the eighth
- Freshman left-hander Tyler Vogel (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) and senior right-hander Mason Decker (Middleburg Heights/Berea-Midpark) combined the ninth to close the game for the Brown and Gold
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday, March 26 when travel to Tiffin to take on NCAA Division II Tiffin University at 3 p.m. at Heminger Field.
