Ohio Wesleyan 11, Wabash 2
Wabash 5, Ohio Wesleyan 1

April 5, 2003

Junior righthander Tyler Mott (Grove City) pitched a complete-game win and helped his own cause with a 3-run homer as the Bishops defeated Wabash in the opener of a North Coast Athletic Conference West Division doubleheader on Saturday at Crawfordsville, Ind.

In the nightcap, Wabash erupted for 4 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie and salvage a split of the twinbill.

Wabash took an early lead in the opener, plating a run on a 2-out double by Jake Martin and a single by Bill Goff.

Ohio Wesleyan answered with 7 runs in the top of the second. The Bishops loaded the bases with nobody out and senior shortstop Joe Deck (Waverly) singled in the tying run. Senior outfielder Travis Falk (Bryan) and junior outfielder Mike Albert (Shelby) followed with walks to plate 2 more runs. After Mott forced Deck at home plate, senior outfielder Joe Loudenslager (Hilliard/Darby) reached on an error, with Falk scoring on the play. One out later, junior catcher Mike Schultheis (Columbus/Watterson) ripped a single down the leftfield line for 2 runs and senior third baseman Mark Wherry (Dublin/Scioto) delived a run-scoring single to cap the 7-run outburst.

Mott cracked a 3-run homer in the third, scoring Falk and Albert.

Mott scattered 8 hits in pitching the complete game. He struck out 3 and walked 1.

Jon Horne was the starting and losing pitcher for Wabash.

The nightcap featured a pitchers' duel between freshman righthander Michael Krieger (Boardman) and Wabash's Goff. Krieger held the Little Giants hitless into the fifth inning.

Ohio Wesleyan had taken a 1-0 lead in third when Falk singled, moved to second on a sacrifice by freshman outfielder Adam Toney (Galloway/Westland), took third on a wild pitch and scored on Loudenslager's single to left. The Bishops would load the bases with 1 out on a walk to Mott and a single by senior first baseman Bo Burnett (Powell/Olentangy), but Goff worked out of the jam.

Wabash finally touched Krieger for a hit in the fifth when Jared Bogan stroked a leadoff single to centerfield. After Danny Schubert was hit by a pitch, pinch runner Bob Lewis moved to third on Mike Mack's fly ball to right and the tying run scored on Chris Sides' fielder's choice groundout. Jared Martin singled and Tyler Nance followed with a single to rightfield, but Loudenslager gunned down Sides at the plate to preserve the 1-1 tie.

The Bishops threatened in the sixth when Burnett led off with a single and moved to second on a Schultheis sacrifice. Junior second baseman Brad Whitman (Canfield) doubled down the rightfield line, with Burnett holding at third, then Wherry bounced a grounder to shortstop, with Burnett thrown out at the plate and Whitman tagged out trying for third on the play.

The Little Giants broke the tie in the sixth when Nick George, Jake Martin and Goff opened the inning with consecutive singles. Krieger battled back to get Nick Rico to line into a double play, but Schubert reached on an infield single to load the bases for Mike Mack, who delivered a 2-run double. Sides added a run-scoring double later in the inning to account for the 5-1 final.

Krieger worked the complete game, allowing 9 hits and striking out 1 and walking 1. Goff scattered 7 hits for Wabash, striking out 4 and walking 1.

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