BEREA, Ohio - The No. 4 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University baseball team celebrated Seniors' Day with a comeback win as it overcame a five-run deficit by scoring eight straight to defeat Allegheny College by a score of 10-8 in the regular season finale at Fisher Field.

Before the game, fourteenth-year head coach Brian Harrison and the baseball program congratulated senior student-athletes Max Anastasio (Chesterbroo, Pa./Conestoga), Aidan Bennett (Naples, Fla./Barron Collier), Nick Clark (Willowick/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin), Lincoln Earl (Howell, Mich.), Gabe Hayek (Buffalo, N.Y./St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute), Dan Petrouskie (Seaford, N.Y./IMG Academy), Drew Schaly (Ashland), and Gordon Seger (Rome/Grand Valley) as well as fifth-year seniors Garrett Miller (McMurray, Pa.), Mark Mohnickey Jr. (North Ridgeville/St. Edward), and Matt Sabin (Mentor) on completing their outstanding baseball careers at BW.

BW's (33-7) Seniors' Day festivities looked to be spoiled after Allegheny (25-13) quickly took a two-run lead in the first. The Yellow Jackets were able to stay in the game by scoring a few runs of their own until the Gators took a commanding 7-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh. But BW never backed down. The Brown and Gold put on a eight-run scoring clinic in the bottom of the frame to take the lead and clinch the victory in the seniors' last home regular season game at Fisher Field.

Scoring Summary

• Bottom 3rd - Junior right fielder Joey Marousek (North Royalton) hit a solo homer to left for the first of his career
• Bottom 5th - Mohnickey Jr. launched a no-doubter to right for his sixth of the season
• Bottom 7th - Junior designated hitter Mally Kilbane (Olmsted Township/Olmsted Falls) was walked with the bases loaded to bring in Mohnickey Jr.
• Bottom 7th - Clark brought home another run as sophomore center fielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) scored after another bases-loaded walk
• Bottom 7th - Anastasio was the third straight walk with the bases loaded to bring home Marousek
• Bottom 7th - Freshman third baseman Ryan Gordon (Strongsville) had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly to center to make it a one-run game
• Bottom 7th - Sophomore second baseman Jace Druschel (Tampa, Fla./George Steinbrenner) reached on an error while a run scored to tie the ballgame
• Bottom 7th - Mohnickey Jr. doubled down the right field line to clear the bases to give the Brown and Gold the lead

At the Plate

• Mohnickey Jr. led the way offensively going 3-for-4 with four RBI and just a triple short of the cycle
• Marousek, Clark, and Anastasio each recorded a hit and an RBI
• Druschel supplied the last hit of the day for the Yellow Jackets

On the Mound

• Bennett got the start and went five innings where struck out four and allowed three runs on a hit and four walks 
• Sabin pitched two thirds of the sixth where he surrendered three runs
• Freshman right-hander Jake Heatherington (Bellaire) picked up the win as he threw 1.1 innings and allowed only one run and had one strikeout
• Miller earned his first save of the year by throwing the final two innings and allowing only one run on two hits

Up Next

The Yellow Jackets are back in action Thursday, May 9 in the first day of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament against an opponent yet to be determined at 12 p.m. at Fisher Field.