WILMINGTON, Ohio - The Wilmington College baseball team scored multiple runs in four innings, but Olivet College exploded for an seven-run sixth and eight-run seventh innings to win game one of a three-game series 18-13 at Tewksbury-Delaney Field on Sunday afternoon.

Jesse Reliford opened the scoring for the Fightin' Quakers in the first as the sophomore hit a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Tyler Shaneyfelt. After a scoreless second inning for both teams, a double steal for Evan Kelsey and Shaneyfelt doubled the host's lead. A wild pitch scored another Wilmington run, and Caleb Scott tripled home Reliford and scored on an error to give the Quakers a 5-0 lead after three complete.

Olivet got to Wilmington starter Luke Chappie for a single run in the fourth, but the Quakers got the run back and more in the fifth when Aaron Burns hit a two-RBI to left field and Moses Garza doubled home Burns in the next at bat. Unfortunately for the hosts, however, things began to unravel in the sixth. Six hits plated seven runs off Chappie and relieved Aaron Wolf to tie the game 8-8.

Wilmington would regain an 11-8 advantage in the bottom half of the inning as Scott singled home two more runs and Burns grounded out to score a run, but another six-hit inning that scored eight runs in the seventh put the game away.

Wolf took the loss for the Quakers, allowing six earned runs on five hits in one inning pitched. Chappie, who struck out eight batters in 5.1 innings, allowed seven earned runs. Kaleb Stines and GlenAllen Anderson also pitched, surrendering three and two earned runs respectively. Hunter Henson took the win in relief for Olivet despite allowing five earned runs on nine hits in the final four innings.

Scott finished the game 4-of-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored while Jared Lammert went 3-for-5 batting right behind Scott. Reliford, Burns and Garza also had multi-hit contests with Garza tallying two doubles. Matt Hewitt and Ben Compton both had three hits and drove in three for the Comets.

The series is set to conclude tomorrow (Monday) with a doubleheader beginning at noon.