Baseball team drops 6-2 game to Central at RussMatt Invitational

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Olivet College baseball team lost 6-2 to Central (Iowa) College in a non-conference contest this afternoon at the RussMatt Invitational and at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Central 6, Olivet 2
Location: Lake Myrtle Sports Complex; Auburndale, Fla.
Records: Olivet 2-6 overall, Central 8-4 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Dutch took advantage of four walks and a hit batter to plate four runs in the second inning. Central added to its lead with a single tally in the third inning.
• The Comets scored their first run in the last half of the third inning. Sophomore Aaron Gillespie was hit by a pitch and hustled around the bases to score on a triple by freshman Junior Gomez.
• The Dutch used their own RBI-triple triple to push across a run in the seventh inning.
• Olivet capped the scoring in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gillespie singled, went to second on Gomez's single, advanced to third on a fly out and scored on a sacrifice fly by freshman Dugan Dieselberg.

FOR THE COMETS

• Gomez had two of the seven Olivet hits.
• Gillespie scored both runs.
• Freshman Alex Curry started on the mound and lasted only an inning and one-third. He gave up four runs on one hit, with five walks and one strikeout.
• Freshman Ryan Rivard threw five and two-thirds innings of relief, and allowed two runs on five hits.
• Senior Joseph Crosby tossed the final two innings and yielded just one hit and struck out three.

FOR THE DUTCH

• Kyle Crampton recorded two of the seven Central hits, and drove in three runs.
• Tanner Wood scored two runs.
• Tre Stanton picked-up the pitching win after allowing one run on four hits over six innings.
• Two relievers combined to give up one run on three hits.

UP NEXT

• Olivet takes tomorrow off and will return to the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex Thursday morning at 9 a.m. against Farleigh Dickinson University-Florham (N.J.).