Travis Marmon
Sports Editor
The Wooster baseball team started off hot this season, winning five of its six games in Fort Myers, Fla. over spring break. The Scots have lost five of their last six, including three out of four at home to Kenyon College, to arrive at a 10-9 record (1-3 NCAC).
The team’s offense has been led by infielder Eddie Reese ’14, who is batting .423 with five home runs and 21 RBIs. Johnathan Ray ’13 is also contributing heavily to the batting order with a .393 average, two home runs and 17 RBIs. Josh Stidham ’12 has been the Scots’ pitching ace, throwing 8.04 strikeouts per game while allowing a 2.57 ERA and just one home run.
Last weekend, Wooster played two double-headers in two days against Kenyon (16-6, 5-1 NCAC) at Art Murray Field. In the first game Saturday, the Fighting Scots started out strong, leading 2-0 after three innings. The Lords took a lead in the fourth with a three-run homer, but Wooster countered with RBIs from Michael DeBord ’12 and Ryan Miner ’13 to take a 4-3 lead.
Kenyon scored three unearned runs in the fifth inning, but Billy Farrow ’14 narrowed the gap to 6-4 with an RBI double. However, Kenyon’s Nate Lotze hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to put the game out of reach, and the Lords ultimately won 8-5.
Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads ’12 took over the second game with eight innings of strong pitching in an 8-1 Wooster victory. Cunningham-Rhoads allowed only a single through six innings, and the Scot bats were hot as Miner, Zack Vesco ’12 and Zac Mathie ’14 each had an RBI in the middle three innings. Cunningham-Rhoads allowed his only run of the game on a single to left field in the eighth inning, but Wooster sealed the game by scoring four runs at the bottom of the eighth. Wooster scored twice on throwing errors, and Reese had an inside-the-park home run for two RBIs.
The Scots’ offense was silent in its doubleheader on Sunday as the Lords won both games 6-1. In the first game, Kenyon had a 6-0 advantage in the sixth inning before Vesco drove in Farrow on a single. Vesco was the only Wooster batter to get a hit on Kenyon’s Tim Krahn through six innings.
In the second game, the contest began more evenly, with the game tied 1-1 through four innings before a pair of unearned runs gave the Lords a 3-1 lead. Kenyon ensured its victory by driving in three runs in the seventh inning before the game was called due to rain.
Wooster traveled to Xenia, Ohio on Monday for a neutral-site game against LaGrange College (13-18). The Scots hit four doubles in the first three innings, earning a 2-0 lead. The Panthers tied the game up with a two-run homer from David Miller in the fourth inning. The score remained even until the seventh, when LaGrange batted in two runs to take a 4-2 lead. No Wooster player got on base in the eighth frame, and Ben Cerami ’15 grounded out in the ninth with two men on for LaGrange to hold onto their victory.
Tomorrow, the Scots travel to Chillicothe, Ohio for games against Wabash College (13-13, 4-4 NCAC) at 3:30 p.m. and Case Western Reserve University (16-10) at 7 p.m. The Wooster baseball team started off hot this season, winning five of its six games in Fort Myers, Fla. over spring break. The Scots have lost five of their last six, including three out of four at home to Kenyon College, to arrive at a 10-9 record (1-3 NCAC).
The team’s offense has been led by infielder Eddie Reese ’14, who is batting .423 with five home runs and 21 RBIs. Johnathan Ray ’13 is also contributing heavily to the batting order with a .393 average, two home runs and 17 RBIs. Josh Stidham ’12 has been the Scots’ pitching ace, throwing 8.04 strikeouts per game while allowing a 2.57 ERA and just one home run.
Last weekend, Wooster played two double-headers in two days against Kenyon (16-6, 5-1 NCAC) at Art Murray Field. In the first game Saturday, the Fighting Scots started out strong, leading 2-0 after three innings. The Lords took a lead in the fourth with a three-run homer, but Wooster countered with RBIs from Michael DeBord ’12 and Ryan Miner ’13 to take a 4-3 lead.
Kenyon scored three unearned runs in the fifth inning, but Billy Farrow ’14 narrowed the gap to 6-4 with an RBI double. However, Kenyon’s Nate Lotze hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to put the game out of reach, and the Lords ultimately won 8-5.
Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads ’12 took over the second game with eight innings of strong pitching in an 8-1 Wooster victory. Cunningham-Rhoads allowed only a single through six innings, and the Scot bats were hot as Miner, Zack Vesco ’12 and Zac Mathie ’14 each had an RBI in the middle three innings. Cunningham-Rhoads allowed his only run of the game on a single to left field in the eighth inning, but Wooster sealed the game by scoring four runs at the bottom of the eighth. Wooster scored twice on throwing errors, and Reese had an inside-the-park home run for two RBIs.
The Scots’ offense was silent in its doubleheader on Sunday as the Lords won both games 6-1. In the first game, Kenyon had a 6-0 advantage in the sixth inning before Vesco drove in Farrow on a single. Vesco was the only Wooster batter to get a hit on Kenyon’s Tim Krahn through six innings.
In the second game, the contest began more evenly, with the game tied 1-1 through four innings before a pair of unearned runs gave the Lords a 3-1 lead. Kenyon ensured its victory by driving in three runs in the seventh inning before the game was called due to rain.
Wooster traveled to Xenia, Ohio on Monday for a neutral-site game against LaGrange College (13-18). The Scots hit four doubles in the first three innings, earning a 2-0 lead. The Panthers tied the game up with a two-run homer from David Miller in the fourth inning. The score remained even until the seventh, when LaGrange batted in two runs to take a 4-2 lead. No Wooster player got on base in the eighth frame, and Ben Cerami ’15 grounded out in the ninth with two men on for LaGrange to hold onto their victory.
Tomorrow, the Scots travel to Chillicothe, Ohio for games against Wabash College (13-13, 4-4 NCAC) at 3:30 p.m. and Case Western Reserve University (16-10) at 7 p.m.