Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Wabash earned its first four-game sweep of Wittenberg since the Little Giants joined the North Coast Athletic Conference with a pair of victories Monday afternoon.

The Little Giants took game one 6-2 in Springfield, Ohio behind another strong outing by senior starter Luke Holm. Wabash rallied for a 5-4 victory in the second contest.

Holm pitched six innings in game one Monday, holding the Tigers to one earned run on five hits and three walks. Hestruck out nine batters, giving him a team-leading 29 for the season.

Holm's Wabash teammates provided all the offensive support he would need in the first two innings. Trey Fankhauser opened the ballgame with a single through the right side, scoring on a two-out error to put Wabash in front. Wittenberg tied the game in the bottom of the inning before KJ Zelenika and Tanner Watson produced back-to-back one-out singles in the second inning. Lucas Stippler put down a perfect two-out bunt for a base hit to score Zelenika from third. Watson came home one batter later on a wild pitch.

Wittenberg (3-11, 0-4 NCAC West) closed to within a run in the third, but Wabash tacked on three insurance runs in the seventh. The Little Giants loaded the bases with one out, setting up RBI walks by Andrew Rodgers and Tyler Owensby. Clint Scarborough tacked on the final run with a single to left. Christian Vukas pitched around a single and two walks in the seventh to preserve the victory.

Wabash needed another three-run inning in the series finale to compete the sweep. David Oliger picked up a hit in the first inning, eventually scoring on a single by Scarborough for a 1-0 lead for the Little Giants. The Tigers tied the game in the bottom of first after Wabash ended the threat of a big inning by throwing out a potential base stealer at third base.

Oliger opened the third with single and scored the go-ahead run when Scarborough reached base on a throwing error by Wittenberg's third baseman to allow Wabash to retake the lead. The Tigers picked up a pair of runs in the third to produce their first lead of the series, but Wabash quickly responded. The first two Little Giant batters were retired in the fourth before Stippler drew a walk. Fankhauser launched a double to left center to score Stippler and tie the game at 3-3. Oliger followed with an RBI single to bring home Fankhauser, then scored after stealing second and racing home on another Scarborough RBI single.

The three-run fourth provided Josh Piercey enough runs for his second victory of the season. He pitched five innings, allowing four hits and three earned runs with two walks and three strikeouts. Cameron Glaze surrendered a run on a hit with three walks and strikeout in 2/3 of an inning in the sixth, making the score 5-4 in favor of Wabash. Freshman Jensen Kirch came on to shut the door on any comeback effort, throwing 3-1/3 innings of shutout baseball. He held Wittenberg to four hits while recording one strikeout.

Fankhauser and Oliger each finished the day with four hits. Oliger saw his 10-game hitting streak hit end after going 0-3 in game one before exploding for four hits in the series finale. Fankauser extended his season streak of consecutive games reaching base to 15 with a pair of hits in each game. The Little Giants finished with 18 hits on the day. Scarborough and Owensby picked up an RBI apiece in each game

Wabash (9-7, 4-0 NCAC West) heads to Indianapolis Wednesday evening to play Anderson University at Victory Field. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the gate. The game will also be broadcast live on the Hometown Sports Network on digital channel 6.2 and will be live streamed here. The game will also be broadcast on WNDY (91.3 FM) with the audio stream available here.