Ohio Wesleyan 2, Wittenberg 1
Wittenberg 6, Ohio Wesleyan 5

March 24, 2005

Sophomore second baseman Kyle Sherman (Plain City/Dublin Scioto) drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning to lift the Bishops over Wittenberg in the opener of a North Coast Athletic Conference West Division doubleheader on Thursday at Littick Field.

In the nightcap, Tyler Curlis hit a 2-run homer in the top of the sixth as the Tigers salvaged a split of the twinbill.

With the score tied, 1-1, in the bottom of the fifth of the opener, freshman outfielder Brent Wilkins (Fairview Park/Fairview) was hit by a pitch with one out. Wilkins advanced to second on a ground out by sophomore first baseman Steve Toneatti (Ramsey, N.J./St. Stephen's Episcopal) and scored on Sherman's double to center.

Wittenberg had taken a 1-0 lead in the second on a one-out double by Brian Hampp and a 2-out single by Justin McCulla.

Ohio Wesleyan answered in the bottom of the inning when senior catcher Matt Strasburg (Oak Hill, Va./Oakton) led off with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice by freshman outfielder Wes Desmond (Frisco, Texas/MacArthur) and scored on a double by junior third baseman Sammy Hall (North Riverside, Ill./Nazareth Academy).

Junior righthander Michael Krieger (Boardman) worked the complete game for Ohio Wesleyan. He allowed 6 hits, struck out 3 and walked one.

Kurt Hartfelder was the starting and losing pitcher for Wittenberg. He allowed 4 hits, struck out 3 and walked one.

In the nightcap, Ohio Wesleyan led, 5-3, after 5 innings before the Tigers rallied in the sixth. With 2 out, McCulla doubled and Brad Koopman followed with a run-scoring double to bring Wittenberg within 5-4. Curlis followed with a homer to right to give the Tigers the lead.

The Bishops threatened in the bottom of the sixth when Strasburg led off with a single and Desmond reached when Tiger second baseman Jon Komperda bobbled the throw at first base on Desmond's sacrifice attempt. Freshman outfielder Josh Wheeler (Columbus/Dublin Scioto) then tried to sacrifice the runners to second and third, but Tiger pitcher Ryan Goldschmidt forced Strasburg at third for the first out. Junior shortstop Brandon Williams (Dublin/Coffman) then lined into an inning-ending double play.

Ohio Wesleyan threatened again in the seventh. Freshman outfielder A.J. Dote (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) led off with a line drive that handcuffed Komperda and went into rightfield. Senior outfielder Brian Gamble (Massillon/Perry) moved to second on a sacrifice by Toneatti and took third on a ground out by Williams, but Tiger pitcher Steve Less retired junior outfielder Adam Toney (Galloway/Westland) on an infield bouncer to end the game.

Sherman had given the Bishops a 1-0 lead with a solo shot in the bottom of the first, and Ohio Wesleyan tacked on 2 more runs in the second, with Toney's RBI single highlighting the frame.

Wittenberg got on the scoreboard on Hampp's 2-run double in the top of the third, but the Bishops got those 2 runs back in the bottom of the frame as Wilkins laced an RBI double and Toney was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to give Ohio Wesleyan a 5-2 lead.

The Tigers closed to within 5-3 on Curlis' RBI ground out in the fourth.

Junior righthander Billy Kampmann (Blairstown, N.J./Blair Academy) was the starting and losing pitcher for Ohio Wesleyan. He worked 5.2 innings, allowing 6 runs.

Curlis picked up the win in relief for Wittenberg, pitching 2.2 innings of scoreless relief. Goldschmidt pitched a scoreless sixth and Less worked a scoreless seventh and was credited with a save.

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