WILMINGTON, Ohio – The Capital University baseball team ventured to Wilmington College on Wednesday, April 19th and fell in both games via scores of 12-6 and 12-2.
The results set Capital back to 6-22 overall and 0-12 in the conference. Wilmington now sits at 13-18 (3-9 OAC).
The highlight of game one for the Comets was
EJ Santana's second inning three-run home run that also scored
Ryne McKinney and
Tristan Burns.
Other scoring plays were scattered throughout the game with
Kielan LaMarr singling home McKinney in the fourth. In the top of the sixth,
Connor Feeney scored on a wild pitch and was followed by
Logan White's RBI groundout that scored LaMarr.
Logan White,
EJ Santana and
Kielan LaMarr accounted for two hits each, while
Tristan Burns and
Connor Feeney had the other hits.
On the mound,
Curtis Clark started the game, but an unfortunate comeback liner on the first batter of the game forced him to an early exit. He was followed by
Kyle Bowles (3.2 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 1 BB, 2 K),
Casey Wilkins (2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K),
Brennon Newell (1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 BB) and
Adam Frump (1 IP).
In the second game, Capital got scoring plays by
Ben Stevens in the top of the fifth and
Josh Sagredo in the top of the eighth. Stevens hit a sac fly that scored
Ryne McKinney and Sagredo singled home Stevens.
McKinney had the only multi-hit game for the Comets and was joined in the hit column by
Ty Clifton,
Logan White,
EJ Santana,
Justin Witherspoon, Stevens and Sagredo.
On the mound,
Tyler Sickles started the game and threw three innings (4 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K). He was followed by
Garrett Montgomery (2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 1 BB),
Spencer Knight (1 IP),
Adam Frump (1 IP, 1 R, 1 K), and
Aaron Olech (1 IP, 2 H, 3 R).
UP NEXT
The Comets are currently scheduled to host Ohio Northern on Saturday, April 22nd at 1 and 4 p.m. However, weekend weather forecasts don't look promising, thus a potential postponement is on the table. Any confirmation of this will be announced to athletics.capital.edu and social media if it is in fact changed.
