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Marietta College scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat Wittenberg University, 9-6, Sunday at Pioneer Park. The Pioneers are 7-8 on the season. Wittenberg falls to 6-8 overall.
Bradley Jones had a pinch hit single to lead off the bottom of the eighth. Cael Magill bunted Jones into scoring position. Alex Richter was hit by a pitch and Ben Kaplin singled to right scoring Jones with the winning run.
Richter stole third and Kaplin swiped second. Cooper Fiehrer followed with a two-run single through the right side of the infield for a 9-6 Pioneers lead.
Gabe Torres (2-0) shutout the Tigers over the last two innings for the win. Torres worked 2.0 innings with one walk and two strikeouts. Forrest Havanis started and worked 1.1 innings allowing three runs on four hits. Austin Ziance gave up one run on three hits in 4.2 innings of work. Jacob Rocky allowed two runs on two hits in 1.0 inning of relief.
Wittenberg scored three runs in the second inning. James MacAuley and Alex Nemunaitis each had RBI singles and Tommy Chilicki drove in a run with a ground out.
Jeremy Tonelli lined an RBI double down the left field line scoring Austin Amburgey in the bottom of the second to get the Pioneers on the board.
Marietta grabbed the lead with four runs in the fourth. Trent Valentine drove in two runs with a single through the right side of the infield. Kaplin put the Pioneers in front with a two-run single to right field.
Trailing 6-4, Wittenberg tied the game with two runs in the top of the seventh. Ben Seibert plated the first run with a single to left. Seibert later scored on an infield error by Marietta.
Austin Luther started on the mound and threw 5.0 innings and gave up five runs, three earned, on six hits with two walks and one strikeout. Mikey Eickhoff (2-2) took the loss allowing four runs on seven hits in 2.2 innings of work.
Kaplin finished 2-for-4 with three runs batted in and one run scored. Tonelli had a pair of doubles. Richter had two hits, including a double, while Cole Rieman had two hits and Valentine two RBI.
Marietta hosts Kenyon College for a single game on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 5 p.m.
MC SOFTBALL
The Marietta College softball team split a pair of games Sunday to close out the BSN Sports Classic. The Pioneers defeated Alma College, 7-6, but was defeated by Wittenberg University, 13-6, in the finale. Marietta moves to 6-7 on the season.
The Pioneers got four good innings from starter Breanna Zirkle (3-1) against the Scots, earning the victory. Zirkle allowed four runs, three earned, on two hits. She walked one and struck out two. Amelia Timko worked the final three to earn her second save of the season, giving up two earned runs on three hits. She struck out three and walked a batter.
The Pioneers got to work quickly in the first inning as Liz White walked and Grace Elliot reached base on an infield hit. Rachel Kazmirski then gave Marietta the first runs of the contest with a deep blast over the right-center field fence, putting the score at 3-0. Marietta scored three more runs in the bottom of the third inning. Leah Weber hit an RBI triple and then scored on Camryn Campbell's single. White then doubled Campbell home and the Pioneers led 6-1 after three innings.
The Scots scored three runs in the top of the fourth with the help of a couple Marietta errors, but Jordan Cholley's RBI single in the bottom of the fourth gave Marietta an important insurance run.
The Scots crept closer in the top of the sixth as Jaycie Lavalley drove in a couple of runs to cut the lead to one, but Timko got out of trouble as she got Mckenna Salley to pop out and struck out Jenna Holzinger to end the inning. Alma had two runners in scoring position in the top of the seventh with only one out, but ran out of luck when Danielle Dumoulin ripped a line drive to third base. Jess Brown made the catch and was able to tag the bag before Amelia Price could get back for the game-ending double play.
Jillian Middleton and Elliot both finished 3-for-4 with a double.
In the afternoon finale, Marietta gave up 11 runs in the final three innings and dropped a contest to Wittenberg (10-10 overall) by the score of 13-6.
Brown led off the second with a base hit and Middleton followed with a double to give the
Pioneers two runners in scoring position and no outs. Tiger starter Kira van Ravensberg (4-4) got Taylor Airy to pop out and Cholley to ground out, getting out of trouble and only giving up one run. In the third inning, Middleton got an RBI single and Airy was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to give Maritta a 3-1 lead.
The Pioneers got three runs in the fourth inning after White nailed an RBI triple and came home on a single from Kazmirski. Middleton followed with another hit, bringing home another run and putting the score at 6-2
The Tigers put together a 5-run fifth inning as they sent 10 hitters to the plate, with eight of the first nine reaching base safely. Kayla Drake's sacrifice fly put Wittenberg into the lead, 7-6.
Marietta tried to get something going in the bottom of the sixth as Kazmirski and Brown both singled with only one out. Middleton then followed with a shot to the right-center field gap, but both Marietta pinch runners got tagged out in rundowns to effectively end the inning. The Tigers tacked on four runs in the seventh and Marietta could not make up the difference.
Amelia Timko (0-1) got the start and was tagged with the loss. She threw 4.1 innings and allowed seven runs on seven hits with one walk and one strikeout. Middleton worked 1.1 innings and gave up two runs on four hits. Candance Walters also worked 1.1 innings and gave four runs on four hits.
van Ravensberg started and got the win for the Tigers. She was charged with six runs on 12 hits in 5.1 innings of work. Lilly James got out of that trouble in the sixth and closed out the seventh to close out the Tiger victory.
Middleton went 4-for-4 and Brown collected three hits in the contest. White, Kazmirski, and Campbell all collected two hits apiece for the Pioneers.
Marietta next plays Penn State Behrend in a doubleheader on Sunday, Mar 24, with first pitch scheduled for noon.