Baseball team loses twice to Kalamazoo, 3-0 and 13-5

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College baseball team lost both games of a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) doubleheader to Kalamazoo College, 3-0 and 13-5, today at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet.

THE BASICS
Final Scores: Kalamazoo 3, Olivet 0; Kalamazoo 13, Olivet 5
Location: Cutler Athletic Complex; Olivet, Mich.
Records: Kalamazoo 20-8 overall, 12-6 MIAA; Olivet 5-25 overall, 2-16 MIAA

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME ONE)

• The Hornets scored the only run they would need in the first inning.
• Kalamazoo added single tallies in the third and sixth innings.

FOR THE COMETS

• Olivet had just three hits – one each for juniors Colton Dawdy and Aiden Holliday, and freshman Alex Parthum.
• On the mound, freshman Aaron Gillespie was the losing pitcher. He went all seven innings, allowing the three runs (one earned) on four hits, while striking out five.

FOR THE HORNETS

• Jack Clark had two of the four Kalamazoo hits.
• The only extra base hit in the game was a double by David Kracht.
• Ryan Orr tossed the complete game to earn his fifth win of the season. He struck out 11 and did not walk a batter.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME TWO)

• The Hornets plated two runs in the top half of the first inning.
• Olivet answered with three runs in the home half of the first. With the bases loaded, Holliday lined a single through the right-side of the infield to score senior Austin Cleaver and Gillespie.
• Kalamazoo got those three runs back plus three more in the third inning.
• The Hornets added single runs in the third and sixth innings to increase their lead to 10-3.
• The Comets pushed across a pair of runs on an RBI-single by Parthum and RBI-double by freshman Dillon Mitchell in the seventh.
• Kalamazoo capped the scoring with one run in the eighth and two more runs in the ninth.

FOR THE COMETS

• Olivet recorded 11 hits in the game.
• Cleaver and Parthum were both 2-for-5, and Gillespie and Mitchell each went 2-for-4.
• Freshman Zac Walter started on the mound and lasted just four innings, yielding nine runs (five earned) on 10 hits in four innings.
• Senior Andrew Dayfield gave up one run on four hits in three innings of relief.
• Junior Michael O'Brien threw two innings of relief, surrendering three runs on six hits.

FOR THE HORNETS

• Clark and Jordan Wiley had three hits apiece.
• Four other players each had a pair of hits.
• Ian Kobernick drove in a team-best four runs and scored three times.
• Aaron Schwark earned the pitching win after throwing six innings. He allowed three runs on eight hits, while fanning seven batters.
• Four relievers combined to throw the final three innings.

UP NEXT

• Olivet and Kalamazoo will complete the MIAA series tomorrow with two games at Woodworth Field in Kalamazoo, starting at 1 p.m.