Baseball: Olivet defeats Ohio Wesleyan, 5-1

DELAWARE, Ohio – Senior Keegan Kuha and sophomore Nate Droste combined to throw a four-hitter to help The University of Olivet baseball team beat Ohio Wesleyan University, 5-1, in the first game of a weekend series at Littick Field.

• Final Score: Olivet 5, Ohio Wesleyan 1
• Location: Littick Field; Delaware, Ohio
• Records: Olivet 6-9 overall, Ohio Wesleyan 7-6 overall

• The Comets put together a two-out rally in the first inning. Senior Gabriel Kirck sparked the uprising with a solo home run deep over the right-center field fence. Sophomore Braden Abbott hit a double to the same gap and came around to score on freshman Austin Alflen's single.
• Olivet added another run in the top of the third inning. Senior Matthew Fennell led off with a walk, advanced to second base on a failed pickoff attempt by the pitcher and scored on sophomore Will Myrick's single.
• The Battling Bishops loaded the bases but managed to only score one unearned run in the fifth inning.
• The Comets got that run and one more back in their half of the sixth.

• Kuha threw the first six innings to earn the win. He gave up the unearned run on three hits and five walks, while striking out four.
• Droste picked-up the save with three scoreless innings of relief. He was aided by his defense, which turned double plays in the seventh and eighth innings.
• At the plate, Abbott hit three doubles to become the sixth Olivet player since 2002 to accomplish that feat.
• Fennell and Myrick each had two hits.

• The teams will finish the series tomorrow with a doubleheader, beginning at 12 p.m.