UOlivet ends spring break trip with doubleheader split against Geneva

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The University of Olivet baseball team concluded its spring break trip by splitting two games with Geneva (Pa.) College at The Ripken Experience and on Griffith Field. Geneva won the first game, 5-4, before the Comets used a seven-run fourth to propel them to a 10-6 win in the nightcap.

THE BASICS

• Final Scores: Geneva 5, Olivet 4; Olivet 10, Geneva 6
• Location: Griffith Field; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
• Records: Olivet 2-11 overall, Geneva 7-2 overall

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• The Golden Tornadoes needed only one hit to score five runs in the second inning. The Comets got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh inning. The first three batters reached via throwing error, hit by pitch and walk. Junior Brody Parten then hit a grand slam home run. The next two Olivet batters struck out to end the game.
• For the game, both teams recorded just three hits. Sophomore Trevor Kunst was tagged with the pitching loss. He gave up five runs (one earned) on one hit over one and two-thirds innings. Freshman Teegan Glennon threw five and one-third innings of scoreless relief. He struck out five and allowed two hits.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• Geneva took a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the first inning. The Comets plated one run in the top of the second and exploded for seven runs in the fourth to take an 8-2 lead. The Golden Tornadoes answered with two runs in their half of the fourth. Olivet got one run back in the fifth to stretch its lead to 9-4. Geneva pushed across two runs in the sixth inning before the Comets ended the scoring with a run in the seventh.
• Olivet totaled nine hits. Parten and junior Mikey Kuzara each had two hits. Kuzara and senior Brendan Monroe tallied two RBI apiece. Senior Mason Cook scored three runs. Junior Bryan Carney earned the win in relief of freshman starter Jacob Wadsworth. Senior Wyatt Leland picked-up the save.

UP NEXT

• The Comets return to Michigan tomorrow and then are off until next Saturday, March 22, when they play a doubleheader at Ohio Wesleyan University, starting at 12 p.m.