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Ohio Wesleyan 10, Hope 1

May 15, 2003

Junior righthander Tyler Mott (Grove City) held Hope to 5 hits over the first 8 innings and drove in 3 runs to lead the Bishops over the Flying Dutchmen in Game 2 of the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional on Thursday at Littick Field on the Ohio Wesleyan campus in Delaware, Ohio.

Ohio Wesleyan advances to face Benedictine (Ill.) in the winners bracket final at 3 p.m. on Friday, while Hope will play Anderson (Ind.) in an elimination game at 11 a.m. on Friday.

Ohio Wesleyan took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Junior outfielder Mike Albert (Shelby) singled with 2 outs and junior catcher Mike Schultheis (Columbus/Watterson) followed with a fly ball to leftfield that Hope leftfielder Aaron Quimby fell down while pursuing. The ball fell for a double, scoring Albert.

The Bishops added a run in the second when junior second baseman Brad Whitman (Canfield) led off the inning by striking out but reached first on a wild pitch on the third strike. Whitman stole second, moved to third on a ground out by senior outfielder Joe Loudenslager (Columbus/Hilliard Darby) and scored on Mott's ground out.

Hope closed to within 2-1 in the fourth when B.J. Maas reached on an error by senior shortstop Joe Deck (Waverly), advanced to third when senior third baseman Mark Wherry (Dublin/Scioto) committed a throwing error on a grounder by Kyle Blackport, and scored on Casey Glass' ground out.

But Ohio Wesleyan got that run and more back in the fifth when Whitman led off with a walk and, one out later, scored on Mott's homer to left center. Two batters later, Wherry slammed a homer to straightaway center to give the Bishops a 5-1 lead.

Whitman singled in a run in the sixth and the Bishops tacked on 2 more runs in the seventh on Deck's 2-run single, then added RBI singles by Wherry and Albert in the eighth for the 10-1 final.

Mott pitched the first 8.0 innings, scattering 5 hits and striking out 2 while walking none.

Hope starter Matt Widenmier, who allowed 8 hits and 6 runs over the first 5.1 innings, was charged with the loss.

Albert led the Bishops with a 4-for-4 outing, while Wherry finished the day 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Loudenslager and Schultheis contributed 2 hits apiece.

Hope was led by Eric MacKenzie, who had 2 hits.


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