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Ohio Wesleyan 10, Thomas More 8
April 23, 2008
Sophomore outfielder Jared Turner (Versailles) delivered a pinch-hit, 2-run single in the top of the 10th inning that lifted Ohio Wesleyan over Thomas More in non-conference action on Wednesday in Crestview Hills, Ky.
Senior outfielder Brent Wilkins (Fairview Park/Fairview) was hit by a pitch to lead off the 10th inning, and sophomore catcher Steve Ruygrok (Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek) followed with a fielder's choice, with Wilkins safe at third and Ruygrok checking in at second on Saint pitcher Matt Koch's error on the play. One out later, Turner pinch-hit and singled up the middle to plate both runners.
Ohio Wesleyan had taken a 2-0 lead in the top of the second on a 2-run single by senior second baseman Jerrell Johnson (Shaker Heights), but Thomas More closed to within 2-1 on the bottom of the inning on back-to-back doubles by Sam Schmeltzer and Michael Browne.
The Bishops stretched the lead to 6-1 in the fourth. Senior first baseman A.J. Dote (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) lined a 1-out double and scored on Thomas More first baseman Spencer Franzreb's error on Wilkins's hard-hit grounder. Ruygrok followed with a single to score Wilkins, and Johnson and freshman outfielder Scott Wise (Delaware/Hayes) were hit by pitches to load the bases. Senior outfielder Joey McDaniel (Dublin/Scioto) drove in Ruygrok with a sacrifice fly and freshman outfielder Zach Frentsos (Delaware/Hayes) scored Johnson with a single.
Johnny Lee led off the Thomas More fourth with a home run, and the Saints closed to within 6-5 in the fifth with the help of a Franzreb sacrifice fly and a Schmeltzer RBI single.
Sophomore third baseman Eric McComas (Beverly Hills, Mich./Birmingham Groves) smashed a 2-run double to give the Bishops an 8-5 lead in the seventh, but Thomas More tied the game with single runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth. Jake Brown doubled in a run in the seventh, Marc Price drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth, and Schmeltzer's RBI single in the ninth tied the game at 8-8. The game went into extra innings when Frentsos threw out Schmeltzer at the plate trying to score on Marty Kersting's single.
Ruygrok went 3-for-5 and scored 3 runs, while McComas, Johnson and Turner drove in 2 runs apiece.
Senior righthander Xander Jones (Pomfret, Conn./Pomfret School) pitched the first 5.0 innings. Senior righthander Sean Speed (Cincinnati/St. Xavier) worked 2.0 scoreless innings, McDaniel pitched 1.2 innings, senior righthander Nick Horn (Dublin/Scioto) got the final out in the ninth to pick up the win, and freshman righthander Eric Livingston (Delaware/Hayes) pitched the 10th for his first save of the season.
