Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Wabash and Denison treated baseball fans to four excellent games Friday and Saturday. Each game was decided by one run in the last or extra innings. Unfortunately for the Little Giants, three ended in wins for the visiting Big Red, including a 4-3 victory in the series finale. Wabash won Saturday's first game 6-5.
 
After the Big Red swept Wabash Friday, the Little Giants battled their way to a come-from-behind victory in game three. Steven Curry capped the final-inning comeback with a walk-off sacrifice fly to left.
 
Denison managed to pull off the comeback in game four. Wabash entered the top of the ninth with a one-run lead, but two costly errors unraveled the Little Giants' attempt to even the series.
 
"That was rough," Coach Cory Stevens said. "Four one-run games that came down to the last or extra innings in each game. We just didn't get it done in that last inning which is unfortunate, but it's been great baseball all weekend. I think we'll see these guys again in the postseason."
 
Errors reared their ugly head in the top of the ninth. Denison's first batter of the inning chopped a pitch to Curry, but the first baseman tossed the ball wide of the bag to pitcher Alan Corey who was covering. KJ Zelenika picked up the second error for Wabash in the inning. With two outs and a runner on second, the third baseman knocked down a ground ball but misfired on the throw to first.
 
"We made plays all game but at the end, they were able to start something," Curry said. "It was their day."
 
Curry felt the highs and lows as a freshman Saturday. Game three ended on a high when he drove in the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the seventh.
 
"I couldn't have done it without the rest of the guys getting on," Curry said. "I just got up there and took a swing, and something happened."
 
The Little Giants rallied for four runs in the bottom half of the seventh. Andrew Rodgers picked up his first of three base knocks for the day with a pinch-hit single. Justin Green followed with a pinch-hit, one-out single to left. Trey Fankhauser's single loaded the bases to set up David Oliger's two-run base hit down the left field line. Another single — this time by Tyler Owensby — scored the third run of the inning to tie the score at 5-5. With runners on second and third and one out, the Big Red intentionally walked Clint Scarborough in order to face the freshman.
 
"Steven (Curry) had a great at bat," Stevens said. "He didn't try to do too much. All he needed to do was elevate and get a sac fly, and that's what happened. For a freshman to step in and not feel pressure in that situation was outstanding."
 
Pinch-runner Drew Biddle tagged on the play and easily scored.
 
The four-run rally gave John Penn his first career win. Penn threw an inning in relief and held Denison hitless. Luke Holm Started game three for Wabash. He threw 5-1/3 innings, allowing eight hits and three runs.
 
The game-four loss was charged to Christian Vukas. He threw one inning and gave up an unearned run. Josh Piercey threw six strong innings as the starter in which he struck out eight and allowed two earned runs on five hits.
 
Denison (15-12, 11-3 NCAC West) holds the lead in the NCAC West Division, but the Little Giants can still tie for the divisional title. Wabash can still pick up the two seed and home-field advantage for the crossover series. DePauw is currently 6-4 in the West and split with the Little Giants last weekend. The Tigers will travel to Denison for a doubleheader Wednesday in Granville.
 
"We still control our own destiny and we come out next weekend and take care of business against Ohio Wesleyan," Stevens said. "We can't control what happens with DePauw and Denison, we can only control what happens with what we do next weekend."
 
The Little Giants (16-14, 7-5 NCAC West) travel to Chicago State University Tuesday for a 7 p.m. (CDT) start prior to the OWU series.