BLUFFTON, Ohio - The No. 2 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University baseball team defeated Bluffton University by a score of 15-7 in a non-conference game at Memorial Field.

After meeting in the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic earlier this season, BW (16-3, 2-0 OAC) wasted no time getting on the board in the second game of their season series with Bluffton (6-12) thanks to an early run in the first inning and a six-run second. The Brown and Gold grew their lead with a two-run fifth and their second six-run inning of the day in the sixth.

Scoring Summary

• Top 1st - Junior designated hitter Mally Kilbane (Olmsted Township/Olmsted Falls) stayed hot with an RBI single
• Top 2nd - Sophomore shortstop Matt Terzola (Uniontown/Archbishop Hoban) knocked in another run with a one-out double
• Top 2nd - Sophomore second baseman Jace Druschel (Tampa, Fla./George Steinbrenner) collected his first RBI back from injury
• Top 2nd - Senior third baseman Nick Clark (Willowick/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) hit his second career grand slam and second homer of the season to put the Yellow Jackets up big
• Top 5th - Senior catcher Mark Mohnickey Jr. (North Ridgeville/St. Edward) hit a sac fly to center
• Top 5th - Terzola added another RBI with a single
• Top 6th - Freshman left fielder Colin West (Westborough, Mass./Worcester Academy) made it back-to-back two-hit games after driving in another BW run
• Top 6th - Sophomore center fielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) added a new career-high two RBI
• Top 6th - Terzola came up with his third hit and third RBI to put the Brown and Gold up by 10
• Top 6th - Junior right fielder Joey Marousek (North Royalton) tripled to score two

At the Plate 

• Terzola finished 4-for-5 tying a career-high in hits and in RBI with three
• Mohnickey Jr. went a perfect 3-for-3 for his first three-hit game of the season 
• Clark led the team with four RBI with his bases loaded bomb
• Ritlinger-Nirider finished with a statline of two hits, two RBI, and a team-high three runs scored

On the Mound

• Freshman right-hander Matt Moscarino (Strongsville/Padua Franciscan) got the starting nod and notched a career-high six strikeouts through four innings allowing only two runs on four hits
• Junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference right-hander Dylan Snyder (Stow/Archbishop Hoban) threw two innings in which he allowed one run on two hits and struck out two
• Senior right-hander Drew Schaly (Ashland) threw one perfect inning with two strikeouts

Up Next

The Yellow Jackets are back in action Friday, March 29 as they host an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader against Wilmington College beginning at 1 p.m. at Fisher Field.