FLORENCE, Ky. — The Wilmington College baseball team won in different ways Sunday, defeating Ohio Wesleyan University 3-0 and outhitting Mount St. Joseph in an 8-6 triumph in the nightcap at Thomas More Stadium.
In the victory over the Battling Bishops, WC starting pitcher Aaron Boster allowed just one hit through the first two innings. The Kings High School graduate did pitch out of a two-on, one-out jam in the third, however, inducing a popup and striking out a batter to end the threat.
Boster departed after the seventh with a 1-0 lead, and the WC offense gave its bullpen some cushion as Jared Lammert grounded out to third scoring Tyler Shaneyfelt and Evan Kelsey scored on a wild pitch.
Jesse Reliford, who started the game in left field, earned a six-out save, allowing one hit and striking out three. Boster earned the victory, scattering five hits over the seven innings with just a single walk and eight strikeouts.
Shaneyfelt was hit bit a pitch to start the game, and the program’s career leader in stolen bases swiped second shortly after. Two outs followed, but Dominic Depa singled to center field for the game’s first run.
Carter Scheben went 2-for-4 for Wilmington. WC stole six total bases with Shaneyfelt swiping three of them.
in the nightcap against MSJ, Wilmington trailed 4-0 after two innings. The Quaker batted around in the top of the third. Kelsey, Lammert and Depa all had RBI hits, and alongside two Lion errors, the Quakers scored five runs on four hits to lead 5-4.
Trent Mendenhall, who relieved starter Luke Chappie to begin the bottom of the third, kept MSJ off the scoreboard for five straight innings. During that time, the Quakers added two insurance runs in the fifth on RBI-singles from Evan Eilerman and Jacob Feltner.
An RBI-double from Depa in the eighth made it 8-6, and Reliford earned his second save of the day with a three-up, three-down ninth inning on the mound.
Mendenhall picked up the win in relief, pitching six innings and allowing six hits with four strikeouts.
Feltner finished 4-for-4 while Depa was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two doubles.
Wilmington (2-6) hosts Franklin College for its home-opener Wednesday with first pitch from Tewksbury-Delaney Field scheduled for 3 p.m.
