Baseball team swept by Kalamazoo

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College baseball team opened a four-game Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) series by losing both games of the doubleheader, 25-8 and 9-1, to Kalamazoo College today at the Cutler Athletic Complex.

Final Scores: Kalamazoo 25, Olivet 8; Kalamazoo 9, Olivet 1
Location: Cutler Athletic Complex; Olivet, Michigan
Records: Olivet 5-21 overall, 3-11 MIAA; Kalamazoo 18-6 overall, 8-6 MIAA

• The Hornets sent 12 batters to the plate and scored nine runs in the first inning.
• Olivet pushed across a run in the home half of the first on an RBI-single by freshman Matthew Fennell.
• Kalamazoo added to its lead with five runs in the second and one run in the third to go up 15-1.
• The Comets plated three runs in the third and fourth innings to trim their deficit to 15-7.
• The Hornets had only one hit but scored five runs in the fifth.
• A bases-loaded walk brought in an Olivet run in the sixth to make the score 20-8.
• Kalamazoo capped its scoring with a five-run seventh inning.

• Olivet totaled 12 hits, including a 3-for-3 effort by junior Ben Compton.
• Compton drove in three runs.
• Fennell along with junior Matt Hewitt, senior Matt Fisher and sophomore Tyler Campbell each had a two-hit game.
• One of Fisher's hits was a home run.
• Senior Max Daust lasted only the first inning to be charged with the pitching loss.
• Three relief pitchers each threw two innings.

• At the plate, Harrison Poeszat went 4-for-5 with three runs and five RBI.
• Lukas Bolton, Spencer Baldwin and Ryan Morgan had two hits apiece.
• Ben Chosid also drove in five runs.
• On the mound, Jack Brockhaus earned the win. He tossed four innings, allowing seven runs (four earned) on nine hits.

• Two Comets reached base on walks in the first inning. Back-to-back wild pitches allowed Compton to cross the plate.
• The score stayed that way until the fourth inning when the Hornets erupted for eight runs on seven hits.

• Olivet was held to just two hits, a double by Hewitt and bunt single by sophomore Sylas Woll.
• Sophomore Ryan Upton suffered the pitching loss.

• The Hornets recorded 13 hits.
• Chosid was a 4-for-4.
• Doug Propson had two hits and drove in three runs.
• Poeczak tallied two hits, including a three-run home run.
• Thomas Sylvester picked-up the pitching win after pitching the first five innings.

• The teams finish the series tomorrow with a doubleheader at Woodworth Field in Kalamazoo, starting at 1 p.m.