Baseball team loses two games at Adrian, 9-1 and 10-9

ADRIAN, Mich. – The Olivet College baseball team lost both games of a doubleheader to defending Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) champion Adrian College today at Nicolay Field in Adrian. The Bulldogs won the first game 9-1. Olivet rallied from an 8-0 deficit to send the second game to extra innings before falling 10-9 in 10 innings.

THE BASICS
Final Scores: Adrian 9, Olivet 1; Adrian 10, Olivet 9 (10)
Location: Nicolay Field; Adrian, Mich.
Records: Adrian 15-4 overall, 9-1 MIAA; Olivet 6-14 overall, 2-8 MIAA

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME ONE)

• The Bulldogs pushed across two runs in the second inning.
• The Comets used a two-out rally to plate their run in the fourth inning. Freshman Junior Gomez lined a double of the wall in right field and came around to score on junior Dugan Dieselberg's single into shallow center field.
• Adrian ended the game by scoring seven unanswered runs – two in the fifth inning and five in the sixth inning.

FOR THE COMETS

• Five different players recorded a hit.
• The aforementioned double by Gomez and a double by sophomore Aaron Gillespie were the lone extra base hits.
• Freshman Ryan Rivard threw the first four and one-third innings to be tagged with the loss.

FOR THE BULLDOGS

• All nine position players had at least one hit, with five posting a multi-hit game, and eight of the nine scored a run.
• Hunter Hayes finished with two hits and three RBI.
• Frank Resto also had two hits and two RBI.
• Tommy Parsons, the 2016 and 2017 MIAA Most Valuable Pitcher, went the distance on the mound to improve his record to 5-0 in 2018. He struck out six and did not walk a batter.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME TWO)

• Adrian scored three runs in the third inning and added another run in the fourth inning for a 4-0 lead.
• The Bulldogs doubled their lead with a four-run sixth inning.
• The Comets dented the scoreboard for the first time with five runs in the seventh inning. The big hit of the inning was a three-run homer by Gillespie.
• Adrian got one back in the home half of the seventh.
• Olivet then rallied for four runs – two in both the eighth and ninth innings – to tie the game.
• The Bulldogs left the winning run stranded in scoring position in the bottom half of the ninth.
• Adrian used a walk with the bases loaded to walk off with the victory.

FOR THE COMETS

• At the plate, Olivet had nine hits.
• Gillespie was 2-for-5 with three RBI.
• Freshman Riley Bennett and junior Jake Robinson each had two hits. One of Bennett's hits was a double.
• Senior Aiden Holliday hit a two-run double.
• Five pitchers were used in the game. The loss was charged to senior Joseph Crosby.

FOR THE BULLDOGS

• Hayes and Resto each had three hits. Hayes also drove in three runs.
• Jordan Torrento tallied two hits, two runs and three RBI.
• Adrian also had five pitchers throw in the game. Mo Hanley was the winning pitcher.

UP NEXT

• Olivet and Adrian plan to complete the four-game series tomorrow with a doubleheader at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet, starting at 2 p.m.