Baseball team loses heartbreaker at Earlham, 10-9

RICHMOND, Ind. – The Olivet College baseball team let a three-run slip away in the ninth inning, as Earlham (Ind.) College walked-off with a 10-9 win in the final game of a weekend series at Randal R. Sadler Stadium.

Final Score: Earlham (Ind.) 10, Olivet 9
Location: Randal R. Sadler Stadium; Richmond, Indiana
Records: Olivet 0-3 overall, Earlham 3-0 overall

• The Comets grabbed a 1-0 lead with a single tally in the second inning.
• The Quakers used a two-out rally to take a 3-1 lead in the third inning. Highlighting the inning was a two-run triple off the bat of Maxwell Fries.
• Olivet seized a 7-3 lead with a six-run fourth inning.
• Earlham closed the gap to a single run with three runs in its half of the fourth.
• There was no more scoring until the eighth inning when the Comets added two insurance runs to grow their lead to 9-6.
• The Quakers put together a ninth-inning rally to score four runs and earn the walk-off victory.

• Eight of the nine Olivet starters had at least one hit.
• Senior Matt Hewitt, senior Logan Sella, sophomore Gabriel Kirck and junior James Harris each had two hits. Sella and Harris had a single and double, Hewitt had a single and a triple, and both of Kirck's hits were singles.
• Other extra-base hits were doubles for junior Sylas Woll, senior Ben Compton and senior Trevor Savage.
• Compton and Harris drove in three runs apiece.
• Kirck scored two runs.
• On the mound, senior Max Daust started and was credited with five innings pitched. He allowed six runs (four earned) on seven hits.
• Senior Ryan Rivard tossed three innings of relief and surrendered a run on two hits. He struck out three.
• Senior Dayton Regier gave up the ninth inning runs to suffer the pitching loss.

• Fries hit two triples to go along with a single, four RBI and two runs.
• Nathan Lancianse also had two hits and two RBI.
• Evan Griswold was the last of six pitchers to make an appearance to earn the win.

• Olivet travels to Delaware, Ohio, Wednesday afternoon for a nine-inning game against Ohio Wesleyan University. First pitch from Littick Field is scheduled for 3 p.m.