Wabash 5, Ohio Wesleyan 3
Ohio Wesleyan 7, Wabash 0

April 3, 2004

Sophomore righthander Michael Krieger (Boardman) hurled a 6-hit shutout and sophomore second baseman Brandon Williams (Dublin/Coffman) slammed a solo home run as Ohio Wesleyan defeated Wabash in the second game of a North Coast Athletic Conference West Division doubleheader on Saturday at Littick Field.

In the opener, Chris Sides hit a 3-run homer to lift the Little Giants to a win.

Williams staked the Bishops to a 1-0 lead with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first inning of the nightcap.

That looked like it would be enough for Krieger, who scattered 6 hits in the game. Wabash threatened in the fourth, when Nick George led off with a double and Sides added a 2-out single, but the runners were stranded at the corners. The Little Giants knocked on the door again in the sixth, loading the bases with one out on a leadoff single, a hit batsman and a walk, but Krieger bounced back to strike out Sides and Mike Mack to end the inning.

Ohio Wesleyan gave Krieger some breathing room in the bottom of the sixth as senior shortstop Shaun Burchett (Plain City/Jonathan Alder), junior outfielder Matt Strasburg (Oak Hill, Va./Oakton) and senior outfielder Byron Lowe (Medford, Mass./Cambridge Ridge) each collected 2-run singles.

Krieger struck out 5 and walked one in picking up the win. Bill Goff was the starting and losing pitcher for Wabash.

In the opener, the Little Giants took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Goff's RBI double.

Senior third baseman Andy Busch (Westerville/South) belted a 2-run homer in the second to give the Bishops the lead, but Wabash tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth on Danny Schubert's bases-loaded bunt single.

Senior righthander Tyler Mott (Grove City) scored the go-ahead run for the Bishops in the bottom of the inning. With Mott on first base after being hit by a pitch, Lowe chopped a ball to shortstop Schubert. Schubert tried to get the force on Mott at second base, but his throw sailed into rightcenter field and Mott never stopped running and scored on the play.

Sides gave the Little Giants the lead with his 3-run homer in the fifth, and Wabash threatened to open up a wider margin by loading the bases with one out in the seventh, but Mott struck out Mack and got Justin VanderIest to bounce out to end the inning.

Ohio Wesleyan threatened in the bottom of the seventh when Strasburg led off with a single and went to second on a bunt by senior outfielder Mike Albert (Shelby). Williams was hit by a pitch to bring the winning run to the plate in freshman designated hitter Kyle Sherman (Plain City/Dublin Scioto). Sherman ripped a shot down the third base line that Wabash third baseman Mack came up with on a diving play and retired the lead runner at third, then Wabash pitcher John Thiry struck out Mott to end the game.

Mott worked the complete game for Ohio Wesleyan, allowing 7 hits and striking out 5 while walking 3. Thiry allowed 6 hits for Wabash, striking out 8 and walking none.

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