Ohio Wesleyan 14, Haverford 10

March 11, 2005

Freshman outfielder A.J. Dote (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) cracked a pinch-hit home run to break an 8-8 tie and put Ohio Wesleyan ahead to stay, and freshman second baseman Jerrell Johnson (Shaker Heights) singled in 2 runs during a 4-run ninth inning that provided some insurance as the Bishops topped Haverford in non-conference play on Friday in Cape Coral, Fla.

Sophomore second baseman Kyle Sherman (Plain City/Dublin Scioto) staked the Bishops to a quick 1-0 advantage by leading off the game with a homer to leftfield.

The Bishop lead jumped to 5-0 in the fourth when junior third baseman Sammy Hall (North Riverside, Ill./Nazareth Academy) blasted a grand slam, the Bishops' first since May 7, 2002.

The Fords closed to within 5-2 in the bottom of the fourth when Ryan Stephens connected on a 2-run shot, but Ohio Wesleyan got those runs back in the top of the fifth on a 2-run blast by senior catcher Matt Strasburg (Oak Hill, Va./Oakton).

Haverford rallied in the bottom of the fifth, with Stephens' 2-run double highlighting a 3-run inning that brought the Fords to within 7-5.

Hall increased the Bishop lead to 8-5 with a solo shot in the seventh, but Haverford tied the game with 3 runs in the bottom of the inning, with Crispin Vary's 2-out, 2-run single the key hit.

Dote then led off the top of the eighth with a pinch-hit blast to rightfield, knocking Ford starter Nick Chanock out of the game. The Bishops added a run later in the inning on an RBI single by freshman outfielder Wes Desmond (Frisco, Texas/MacArthur).

Ohio Wesleyan added 4 runs in the top of the ninth, with one run scoring on a wild pitch, junior shortstop Brandon Williams (Dublin/Coffman) driving in another and Johnson's 2-run hit capping the frame and giving the Bishops a 14-8 lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Fords loaded the bases with one out and scored 2 runs on a Bishop error, but sophomore righthander Sean Ring (Hilliard/Davidson) came on to induce a game-ending double-play ball.

Sherman, Williams and Hall had 3 hits apiece to lead the Bishops, with Hall driving in 5 runs in the game. Strasburg and Ring added 2 hits apiece.

Junior lefthander Josh Nice (Hinckley/Highland) started for Ohio Wesleyan and pitched 3.0 shutout innings before running into trouble in the fifth. Junior righthander Billy Kampmann (Blairstown, N.J./Blair Academy) worked 2.2 innings, allowing 3 runs, and freshman righthander Xander Jones (Pomfret, Conn./Pomfret School), who worked out of a jam in the seventh and pitched a scoreless eighth, was the winning pitcher in relief.

Chanock was the starting and losing pitcher for Haverford. He allowed 9 runs during the first 7-plus innings.

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