Baseball: Bethany Falls to W&J; Presidents Earn Series Sweep
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Wash. & Jeff. | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 3 |
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Bethany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Bethany, W.Va. – The Bethany College baseball team finished the three game series with the Washington & Jefferson College Presidents Sunday afternoon.
Game Overview
W&J 17, Bethany 5
Both teams battled in the first inning. W&J scored two runs taking a 2-0 lead. Bethany's Cameron Schaub singled to score Michael Whiteherse. The Presidents pulled ahead 3-1 in the second inning and exploded for nine runs and nine hits in the third inning. W&J led 12-1 after three innings.
In the fifth the Bison earned two runs off of a Dezmond Franklin homerun to left field. In the sixth, the Bison added a run after Blake Connelly drove in Colton Stoneman. The Presidents scored five runs in the eighth to extend their lead to 17-4. In the final Bison at bats, JT Hubert singled to left field to score Jacob Schmidt.
Bison Leaders
- Blake Connelly, Cameron Schaub and JT Hubert had one RBI apiece.
- Dezmond Franklin led the Bison with two RBIs.
- Michael Whiteherse led the Bison with two stolen bases.
Records:
Bethany College Bison – 11-9, 3-4
Washington & Jefferson Presidents – 14-6, 7-0
Up Next
The Bison travel to Greenville, Pa. to face the Thiel College Tomcats in a single-nine inning game on Monday, April 4 at 4 pm.
