Baseball team drops two games to Calvin, 11-3 and 13-7

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College baseball team lost both games of a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) doubleheader to Calvin College, 11-3 and 13-7, today at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet.

THE BASICS
Final Scores: Calvin 11, Olivet 3; Calvin 13, Olivet 7
Location: Cutler Athletic Complex; Olivet, Mich.
Records: Calvin 14-19 overall, 12-10 MIAA; Olivet 9-23 overall, 5-17 MIAA

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME ONE)

• The Knights sent 11 batters to the plate and scored six runs in the top half of the first inning.
• The Comets used a three-run third inning to cut their deficit in half.
• Calvin plated five runs in the sixth inning to create the final score.

FOR THE COMETS

• Senior Aiden Holliday had two of the six Olivet hits.
• Freshman Ben Compton and sophomore Aaron Gillespie each drove in a run.
• Seven pitchers threw in the game. Freshman Ryan Rivard started and lasted only one-third of an inning to be charged with the loss after allowing four runs on one hit, two hit batters and a walk.

FOR THE KNIGHTS

• All nine starters had at least one hit.
• Beau Redfield recorded two hits, including a double, and three RBI.
• Jonathan Keane went the distance on the mound to pick-up the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME TWO)

• Olivet manufactured a run in the home half of the first inning. Compton hit a lead-off single, advanced to second on a ground out, went to third on a wild pitch and crossed the plate on Gillespie's sacrifice fly.
• Calvin pushed across five runs in the fourth and six runs in the fifth to take a commanding 11-1 lead.
• The Comets got two runs back in their half of the fifth inning.
• The Knight immediately answered by scoring two runs in the top half of the sixth.
• Olivet ended the game with three runs in the seventh and one run in the eighth.

FOR THE COMETS

• Olivet notched 13 total hits, but only one went for extra bases.
• Junior Jake Robinson was 3-for-4 with three RBI.
• Sophomore Brandan Settles also went 3-for-4 and scored three runs.
• Senior Colton Dawdy recorded a pair of singles.
• Senior Zach Oshinsky was tagged with the loss. He gave up six runs on six hits over four and one-third innings.
• Senior Joseph Crosby threw three scoreless innings of relief.

FOR THE KNIGHTS

• Calvin pounded out 20 total hits.
• Ricky Padilla collected four hits in six at-bats.
• Quinn Hyndiuk and Jeremy Clark tallied three hits apiece.
• Ryan Pena drove in a team-best three runs.
• On the mound, Clay Francisco earned the win.

UP NEXT

• The four-game series concludes Saturday with two games in Grand Rapids, starting at 1 p.m.