Baseball: Olivet swept by Dean

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The University of Olivet baseball team lost both games to Dean (Mass.) College in a non-conference doubleheader today at the Ripken Experience and on Crosley Field. The Bulldogs won by scores of 10-5 and 14-3.

• Final Scores: Dean 10, Olivet 5; Dean 14, Olivet 3 (5)
• Location: Crosley Field; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
• Records: Olivet 4-6 overall, Dean 2-4 overall

• Dean took a 4-0 lead in the first inning when Nathan Suncar hit a grand slam home run.
• The Comets got one run back in the top of second on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Owen Smith.
• Olivet inched closer with another run in the fifth on another sacrifice fly, this one by junior Blake Hawkins.
• The Comets took a 5-4 lead with a three-run sixth inning. Driving in a run each were sophomore Ray Strzynski, freshman Jack Friesen and sophomore Will Myrick.
• The Bulldogs pushed across six runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning to pull out the 10-5 win.

• At the plate, Olivet had 10 total hits, including two apiece for freshman Austin Alflen and sophomore Braden Abbott.
• Extra base hits were doubles by Abbott, Friesen and Myrick, and a triple by freshman Brody Lehman.
• Sophomore Charlie Quilliam started on the mound and threw five innings, allowing four runs on three hits.
• Junior Niko Pons was tagged with the loss after giving up the first three runs in the sixth.

• Dean plated two unearned runs in the top half of the first inning.
• Olivet cut its deficit in half in the second on an RBI-double by Lehman.
• In the third inning, the Bulldogs sent 18 batters to the plate and scored 12 runs.
• The Comets managed only two more runs over the next three innings, and the game ended early due to the 10-run mercy rule.

• Olivet had seven hits.
• From the leadoff spot in the lineup, Lehman recorded two hits in three plate appearances.
• Junior Andrew Vendzuh suffered the pitching loss after surrendering six runs on two hits and five walks over the first two and one-third innings.

• Olivet plays a doubleheader tomorrow against Wells (N.Y.) College, starting at 6 p.m. on Griffin Field.