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Box Score 2 PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – The Baldwin Wallace University baseball team swept a doubleheader against Valley Forge (Pa.) University, winning the first game by a score of 12-3 and the second one by a score of 11-8.
The offense was the story in both games, with the Yellow Jackets scoring at least 10 runs in back-to-back games for the first time since April 21-26, 2025, where they scored at least 11 runs in three consecutive games.
Game 1
Scoring Summary
Bottom 1st – After starting the game down 2-0, Junior designated hitter
Colin West (Westborough, Mass./Worcester Academy) hit a sacrifice fly to score the first run of the game for the Yellow Jackets
Bottom 2nd - Senior shortstop Matt Terzola (Uniontown/Archbishop Hoban) had a hard ground ball single into left field to plate two runs
Bottom 2nd - Senior center fielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) had an RBI single, which plated Terzola
Bottom 4th - Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference third baseman Sean Kolenich (Parma/St Edward) sent a two-run shot over the left field fence to put the Yellow Jackets up 6-3, which was also the first home run of the trip
Bottom 5th - Sophomore utility player Maddox Tarquinio (McKees Rock, Pa./Montour) hit a solo homer of his own, which also went to left field
Bottom 6th - Junior first baseman Ryan Gordon (Strongsville) hit a ground ball single, which plated two
Bottom 6th - A fielder's choice by Tarquinio and an error by the Valley Forge pitcher made it an 11-3 BW lead
Bottom 6th - Sophomore outfielder Cody Martin (Reynoldsburg) drove in the 12th run of the game for the Yellow Jackets with an RBI single
At the Plate
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Kolenich had his fifth mult-hit game this season by going 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, and a walk, and had two RBI
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Tarquinio was 2-for-4 with three RBI and hit his first career home run in the bottom of the fifth
- Terzola was 2-for-3 with two singles for the contest
On the Mound
Game 2
Scoring Summary
Top 1st - Ritlinger-Nirider had an RBI double to open up the scoring in the second game of the doubleheader
Top 1st - West had an RBI of his own to score the second run of the game, which was accomplished by a double
Top 1st - Tarquinio had a sacrifice groundout to score West and make it 3-0 early
Top 1st - The scoring in the opening frame was ended by junior Academic All-OAC infielder Carson Petrecca (Willowick Eastlake North), who hit a home run to left, with the swing being a two-run shot
Top 2nd - After the Brown and Gold lead was cut in half, West hit a sacrifice fly to make it 6-3
Top 3rd - Sophomore catcher Owen Brazee (Bedford, Mass./Lawrence Academy) had an RBI double for his first RBI of the season
Top 5th – Ritlinger-Nirider had a hard hit single for his second hit of the game
Top 5th – West had a single, which brought home two runs to extend the Yellow Jacket lead to seven runs
Top 7th - Terzola scored on a passed ball to give the BW an insurance run late
At the Plate
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Ritlinger-Nirider reached all four times he appeared at the plate, which included a double, a walk, and two singles
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West was 2-for-3 with a double and four RBI
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Petrecca was 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, and a walk as one of the main contributors to the Yellow Jacket offense
On the Mound
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Freshman right-hander Austin Coy (East Canton/Canton Central Catholic) was effective on the mound in relief, going 3 ? innings, allowing no hits and striking out one batter
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Junior right-hander Will Henderlich (Madison) went two innings and struck out three Valley Forge hitters
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Senior left-hander Nolan Kellicker (Dover) finished the game by pitching one inning and getting two of his outs via the strikeout
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets are back in action tomorrow, March 10, as they take on DeSales (Pa.) University. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
