Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Wabash baseball team made a powerful statement Sunday in the season's first North Coast Athletic Conference games. The Little Giants started the afternoon doubleheader with an 8-3 win over Wittenberg in game one. Wabash routed the Tigers in the nightcap, 14-4.
 
JT Miller and Ross Hendrickson didn't mind the extra day of rest. Miller threw a complete game in the first contest. He struck out seven and scattered nine hits while surrendering three runs in the win.
 
Hendrickson was equally impressive. He cruised through seven scoreless innings before the Tigers finally reached him in the eighth with the game well out of hand. Hendrickson finished with eight innings pitched and allowed four runs on four hits while striking out nine Wittenberg batters.
 
Jeff Samuel relieved Hendrickson in ninth and retired three batters on 13 pitches.
 
Wabash hitting depth overwhelmed Wittenberg (3-9, 0-2 NCAC West) pitching in both contests. Six Little Giant batters produced runs in game one. Andrew Rodgers scored a run with a RBI double in the third, then Tanner Watson and Trey Fankhauser added RBIs of their own in the fourth to make it 3-0. Lucas Stippler and David Oliger plated insurance runs in the sixth inning with a double and single, respectively. In the seventh, KJ Zelenika drove in two with a triple to right before scoring on a pass ball for the Little Giants' eighth run. Zelenika finished game with two hits in four at bats and two RBI. Fankhauser went 2-of-3 with a RBI and Watson batted 3-of-4 with a RBI and three runs scored.
 
The Little Giants took batting practice in game two. Fankhauser and Oliger each added two RBI to their daily totals going 3-of-5 and 2-of-4, respectively. Fankhauser also scored three runs.
Clint Scarborough joined the hit parade in game two. He batted 3-of-5 with two RBI and two runs. Tyler Owensby also went 3-of-5 at the plate and knocked in one.
 
Wabash scored two runs in each of the first three innings and added one more in the fourth for the 7-0 lead. The bats quieted down in the fifth and sixth innings before erupting in the seventh for six runs. Owensby started the inning with a double, and then stole third base. He easily scored when Scarborough followed with a triple. Four batters later, Fankhauser drilled a triple of his own to plate two more and Owensby eventually picked up a RBI double as the Little Giants batted around.
 
Fankhauser has reached base safely in 13 consecutive games and Oliger moved his hit streak to 10 games.
 
The Little Giants (7-7, 2-0 NCAC West) will remain in Springfield, OH for another double header Monday to finish the teams' four-game series. Weather cancelled two games scheduled for Saturday, which pushed the schedule back. Monday's first pitch is scheduled for noon.