BEREA, Ohio - The Baldwin Wallace University baseball team swept Heidelberg University in an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader by final scores of 4-1 and 4-3 at Fisher Field.
Game 1
Scoring Plays
- Bottom 6th - Junior outfielder Reid Fleming (Pickerington/North) laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to tie the game
- Bottom 8th - Senior All-OAC first baseman Mally Kilbane (Olmsted Township/Olmsted Falls) smacked a go-ahead triple
- Bottom 8th - Sophomore infielder Colin West (Westborough, Mass./Worcester Academy) put the game on ice with a pinch-hit, two-run homer
At the Plate
- Kilbane led all players going 3-for-4 notching a single, double, and triple with an RBI and run scored
- West drove in a game-high two RBI after his home run in his only at-bat of the game
- Although the Brown and Gold were held to only three hits entering the sixth, eight Jackets ended up notching a hit by the final out
On the Mound
- Senior right-hander Patrick Straub (Naperville, Ill./Metea Valley) had his best start as a Yellow Jacket by striking out seven over 7.1 innings while allowing only one run on three hits and a walk
- Sophomore All-OAC right-hander Jake Heatherington (Bellaire) got the win after pitching 1.2 innings where he struck out three of his five batters faced
Game 2
Scoring Plays
- Bottom 6th - Junior All-OAC shortstop Sean Kolenich (Parma/St. Edward) broke BW's scoring drought with a two-run triple
- Bottom 9th - West singled to right field but an error by the Student Princes allowed a BW run to score and put the winning run 90 feet away
- Bottom 9th - Senior designated hitter Nathan Zinn (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) was the hero of Game 2 after delivering the walk-off single to left center
At the Plate
- West went 3-for-4 to lead the team
- Kilbane and Zinn each tallied two hits
- Kolenich knocked in a game-best two RBI
- Heidelberg's Sam Schneider had a perfect day at the plate going 5-for-5 with two runs scored
On the Mound
- Sophomore right-hander Matt Moscarino (Strongsville/Padua Franciscan) stayed strong through 7.2 innings where he allowed two earned runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out four
- BW's late-inning heroics gave senior Academic All-OAC right-hander Kade Swisher (Berea/Berea-Midpark) the win after he pitched the final 1.1 innings where he struck out two and let up three hits
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday, April 2 when they travel to Kent to take on Division I Kent State University at 3 p.m. at Schoonover Stadium.
