Baseball team drops heartbreaker to Ripon, 7-6

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The Olivet College baseball team let a 5-1 lead slip away, as Ripon (Wis.) College rallied to beat the Comets, 7-6, this morning at the March Madness II event and inside the USA Baseball Stadium.

• Final Score: Ripon 7, Olivet 6
• Location: USA Baseball Stadium; Millington, Tennessee
• Records: Olivet 0-9 overall, Ripon 1-4 overall

• Ripon scored a run in the bottom half of the sixth inning.
• The Comets scored five runs in the top of seventh. The big hit of the inning was a grand slam home run by senior Sylas Woll. Later in the inning, freshman Isaac Moore hit an RBI-single.
• The Red Hawks began their comeback with three runs in the last half of the seventh inning.
• Olivet made the score 6-4 with a run in the eighth inning.
• Ripon answered with three runs in the bottom of eighth. The tying and go-ahead runs scored on a triple.

• Olivet tallied 11 hits, including a 3-for-5 effort by Moore.
• Freshman Braden Abbott was 2-for-2 with a double and single, and scored two runs.
• Six other players each had a hit.
• Sophomore Josh Lucier suffered the pitching loss in relief of senior starter Ryan Upton.
• Lucier threw an inning and allowed three runs on two hits.
• Upton started on the mound and gave up four runs on eight hits over six and one-third innings.

• Cam Stampfl was 4-for-5 with four RBI.
• Cormac Madigan had two hits and drove in two runs.
• Brock Warren collected two singles.
• Brett Tetzlaff earned the win in relief of starter Caleb Mammoser.
• Brock Turkington picked-up the save.

• Olivet returns to the field tomorrow when it plays University of Chicago (Ill.) at 3:30 pm ET. The game will be played on Field #2 at the USA Baseball Complex.