MARIETTA – The Wilmington College baseball team dropped a pair of games to Marietta College Saturday in their final OAC road doubleheader of the season.

GAME ONE: MARIETTA 9, WILMINGTON 4

• After the Pioneers took the lead with three runs in the second inning, Wilmington got back in the game in the fourth. Sophomore Jake Hyatt (Madeira, OH/Madeira) opened the inning with a single, and scored on a triple by junior Joshua Chua (Lancaster, England/Claremont [CA]). Chua came home a groundout by junior Jake Robinson (Westerville, OH/North).
• Junior Kyle Short (Trenton, OH/Edgewood) had a two-run single in the sixth inning to pulled WC to within 6-4, but the Pioneers put the game away with three unearned runs over the course of the seventh and eighth inning.
• Sophomore Jared Ferenchak, 2-6, (Concord, OH/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) allowed six earned runs on seven hits in three innings of work to take the loss.
• Chua was the lone Fightin' Quaker with multiple hits, while Chua and Hyatt accounted for all four runs scored.

GAME TWO: MARIETTA 13, WILMINGTON 1

• The Pioneers claimed a 9-0 lead with four runs in the first and second innings, and a single run in the third.
• Freshman Matt Oney, 3-5, (Carlisle, OH/Carlisle) lasted just one out in taking the loss, allowing four earned runs on four hits.
• Short brought home Wilmington's only run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning, scoring sophomore Gage Bley (Harrison, OH/Harrison).
• Freshman Nick Silvis (Beavercreek, OH/Indian Lake), Bley and freshman Shane Hale (New Lebanon, OH/Dixie) each had two hits to account for six of Wilmington's seven hits. It was the first multi-hit game of Hale's career.

WHAT'S NEXT

Wilmington travels to Kenyon 1 p.m. Wednesday for a non-conference doubleheader.