WILMINGTON, Ohio – The Wilmington College baseball team heads to Indiana to face Franklin College in a single game on Wednesday evening. First pitch from Cascade high School in Clayton, Indiana, is scheduled for 7 p.m.
The Teams: Wilmington and Franklin. The Fightin' Quakers enter the mid-week contest with an 8-6 record and looking to rebound after falling in 2-of-3 games to Olivet College (Michigan) at home this weekend. The Grizzlies are 8-3 overall after a three-game series sweep of Alma College (Michigan) over the weekend.
The Coaches: Tony Vittorio, who formerly led the University of Dayton's baseball program for 18 seasons, enters his fourth season as Wilmington's head coach. For the first time in nearly a decade in 2021, the Quakers didn't finish 10th in the OAC, turning in an eighth-place finish with a 10-24 conference mark. Lance Marshall, also an associate director of athletics at Franklin, has led the Grizzlies to over 500 victories in his 23 seasons as head coach.
The Hitters: A quartet of Quakers - Evan Kelsey, Caleb Scott, Dominic Depa, and Moses Garza - hit over a .400 clip with Kelsey leading the way at a .467 clip and a team-high 21 hits. Scott as four doubles while Depa and Aaron Burns have both hit three home runs. Logan Demkovich and Noah Wood have both driven in 10 runs with Demkovich hitting a .611 clip on the season with five home runs.
The Pitchers: Jesse Reliford has been Wilmington's most effective pitcher to date, earning two wins and a save in 5.1 innings of work with an ERA of 1.69. Aaron Boster, who has pitched a team-high 14.1 innings, has struck out 16 batters and has an ERA of 6.28. Franklin is led by a pitching duo of Jackson Young and Nick McClanahan who have both pitched over 10 innings and have ERAs under 3.20. McClanahan has yet to surrender an earned run and averages over 15 strikeouts per nine innings pitched.
Series History: Wilmington is 4-5 against Franklin in the last decade and won the first meeting of this season, 11-4 at Tewksbury-Delaney Field on March 10. More information on the series history can be viewed by visiting the link above.
Social Media: Wilmington athletics is represented on Facebook (Wilmington College Athletics), Twitter (@DubCQuakers) and Instagram (@DubCQuakers). Follow all the happenings of Wilmington College on social media by using the hashtag "#WeAreDubC".
Coverage: Live statistics of the game will be available – visit the link above.
Up Next: Wilmington heads to Asbury University for a three-game series this weekend.
