PORT CHARLOTTE, FL – The Wabash College baseball team blasted 26 hits with six extra-base hits to power the Little Giants past the Swarthmore Garnet 23-4 on Monday.
 
Kamden Earley and AJ Reid each collected four hits. Liam Patton and Will Phillips each produced three hits. Zach Bielecki had the big blow with a grand slam in the ninth inning to join Patton with four RBI for the game. Phillips drove in three runs.
 
Jacob Bishop (1-1) started on the mound and picked up the win for Wabash (5-4). The left-hander went 5-1/3 innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on two hits, allowing six walks, and striking out eight. Michael Hoppel also made an impact on the mound for the Little Giants, throwing one scoreless inning while allowing no hits.
 
Reid had a double, a walk, and two RBI for the Little Giants. Earley added a triple and four RBI to his four-hit performance, as well
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Little Giants scored in eight different innings on the way to victory. Wabash took a 2-0 in the first inning and scored at least one run in every inning but the third. Swarthmore (5-2) scored two runs in the second, added two more in the ninth, and finished with four hits in the game.
 
GAME NOTES
» Wabash got four-hit games from both Earley and Reid.
» Bishop struck out eight Garnet hitters.
» Bielecki and Earley drove in four runs for Wabash.
» Every Wabash starter reached base safely in the win.
» Wabash's highest-scoring inning was the ninth when it scored seven runs.
» Wabash grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top half of the first and held it for the remainder of the game.
» Seven Little Giants had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» The Little Giants had a total of 26 hits.
» The Little Giants out-hit the Garnet at a 26-4 clip.
» Wabash went 17-for-31 (.548) with runners in scoring position.
» The Little Giants got five hits in nine at-bats with the bases loaded.
» Wabash pitchers limited Swarthmore to just 1-for-11 (.091) with runners in scoring position.
» Wabash pitchers faced 42 Swarthmore hitters in the game, allowing seven ground balls and ten fly balls while striking out nine.
» The Little Giants drew eight walks from Swarthmore pitching.
» Earley led the Little Giants at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a triple and four RBI.
» Swarthmore was led offensively by Evan Johnson, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.


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