Wabash opened the home portion of its 2024 baseball season with a Saturday afternoon split in a doubleheader against Hanover College. The Little Giants rallied from down 5-3 in the sixth inning to take an 8-7 win in game one before losing game two 11-8.

GAME 1 | Wabash 8, Hanover 7
Robbie Manuzzi (1-0) got the win out of the bullpen for Wabash (5-5). The southpaw went four innings, giving up two runs, one earned, on four hits, allowing no walks and striking out one.

Nick Logan led the way offensively for the Little Giants, going 3-for-5 in the ballgame with two triples and an RBI. William McKinzie also put together a noteworthy performance at the dish, going 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, and three RBI. Camden Scheidt also contributed, going 2-for-5 for Wabash with two RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Trailing 5-0, the Little Giants first put runs on the board in the fourth inning. Logan came across to score Wabash's lone run for the inning and get the team on the board.
The Little Giants kept the deficit at 5-1 before closing the gap further in the sixth. Wabash put up two runs in the frame, punctuated with an RBI triple off the bat of McKinzie, which brought the score to 5-3 in favor of the Panthers (9-4).

Wabash kept Hanover off the scoreboard before rallying to grab a 6-5 lead in the seventh. The Little Giants got a run-scoring double McKenzie as part of a three-run frame.

Wabash gave up the lead it built in the seventh but got back on the board in the eighth, trailing 7-6. The Little Giants notched two runs when a single from Scheidt brought home Reece Bauer and Michael Galanos, bringing the score to 8-7 in favor of Wabash.

GAME NOTES
» Wabash got three-hit games from both Logan and Galanos.
» Starting pitcher Caleb Everson struck out five Panthers hitters.
» The Little Giants had both McKinzie and Logan crush multiple extra-base hits in the ballgame.
» Wabash's highest-scoring inning was the seventh when it pushed three runs across.
» Five Little Giants had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» The Little Giants had a total of 15 hits.
» The Little Giants out-hit the Panthers at a 15-12 clip.
» Wabash went 5-for-11 (.455) with runners in scoring position.
» Wabash pitchers faced 44 Hanover hitters in the game, allowing nine ground balls and 12 fly balls while striking out six.
» Logan led the Little Giants at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two triples and an RBI.
 
GAME 2 | Hanover 11, Wabash 8

Benjamin Henke and Camden Scheidt each collected three hits, in an 11-8 loss in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against Hanover.

Ethan Kimmerle (0-2) started and took the loss on the mound for Wabash (5-5). Matthew Wright was a bright spot out of the bullpen, going two shutout innings while allowing one hit.

In addition to his three hits, Scheidt had a triple, a walk, and two RBI to lead the Little Giants. Henke added an RBI to his three-hit performance as well. AJ Reid put together one hit in three trips to the plate while adding two RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Little Giants were trailing 3-0 in the third inning when they first put runs on the board. Wabash scored twice, with one run coming across on Henke's single.
The Panthers expanded their lead to 5-2 before the Little Giants offense got back to work, cutting into that lead in the fourth. Wabash scored once on an RBI single off the bat of Scheidt, which brought the score to 5-3 in favor of the Panthers.
Hanover expanded their lead to 11-3 before the Wabash offense got back to work, reducing that lead to 11-8 in the eighth. The Little Giants bats heated up in the inning, scoring five runs, including a one-run flyout off the bat of Will Fremion.

GAME NOTES
» The Little Giants got three-hit games from both Scheidt and Henke.
» Wabash's highest-scoring inning was the eighth, when it pushed five runs across.
» Wabash went 3-for-9 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» Wabash pitchers faced 49 Hanover hitters in the game, allowing nine ground balls and ten fly balls while striking out four.
» The Little Giants drew six walks from Hanover pitching.
» Scheidt led the Little Giants at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBI.


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