BEREA, Ohio - The No. 3 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University baseball team defeated Grove City (Pa.) College by a score of 3-2 in a non-conference contest at Fisher Field.
BW (10-2) fell to an early deficit as Grove City (8-6) capitalized off a Yellow Jacket error in the first inning. However, BW would eventually tie the game and take advantage of a Wolverines pitching change allowing them to take a 3-1 lead heading into the final frame. Grove City had one last opportunity to force the bottom of the ninth after scoring with two down, but the Brown and Gold pitching staff shut the door for the team's tenth victory of the season.
Scoring Plays
- Bottom 5th - Junior first baseman Mally Kilbane (Olmsted Township/Olmsted Falls) tied things up against his former team with an RBI single
- Bottom 7th - Senior third baseman Nick Clark (Willowick/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) brought in the go-ahead run with a sac fly to right
- Bottom 7th - Junior rightfielder Brandon Gelpi (Monroeville, Pa./Central Catholic) extended the lead with a single down the leftfield line
At the Plate
- Junior center fielder Joey Marousek (North Royalton) led BW once again with two hits in three at bats and scored one run
- Gelpi went 2-for-4 with an RBI
- Sophomore second baseman Matt Terzola (Uniontown/Archbishop Hoban) also collected two hits with a bunt single and a leadoff double in the seventh
On the Mound
- Sophomore left-hander Brit Kostura (Tequesta, Fla./Jupiter Christian School) faced 13 batters in his first start of the season striking out one and allowing one run on two hits
- Senior right-hander Dan Petrouskie (Seaford, N.Y./IMG Academy) threw 3.1 innings of relief allowing only one hit with two strikeouts
- Sophomore left-hander Carson Collins (South Bend, Ind./Saint Joseph's) picked up the win in his 2.2 innings pitched
- Freshman right-hander Jake Heatherington (Bellaire) got the save as he came into the ninth inning with runners in scoring position and clinched the victory with a strikeout
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Friday, March 15 as they travel to Adrian, Mich. for a neutral site non-conference game against No. 6 nationally ranked Denison University at 5 p.m. at Nicolay Field.
