CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN -- Wabash took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and never trailed from there on the way to a 6-5 win over the Hanover College Panthers on Sunday. The win gave the Little Giants a 2-1 edge in the three-game weekend series.

AJ Reid led the Wabash (6-5) offense with a 2-for-4 effort, including a home run and two RBI. Camden Scheidt finished 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, and two RBI. William McKinzie also contributed for Wabash, putting together one hit in two trips to the plate while adding a walk and an RBI.

Jackson Woehr (2-0) got the win out of the bullpen for Wabash. The right-hander went 1.1 shutout innings without giving up a hit, one walk, and striking out one. Grant Stratton started the ballgame and went three shutout innings, allowing two hits, walking none, and striking out two. Dylan Haslett scattered three hits and four walks, giving up three earned runs in 4.2 innings of work.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Little Giants got on the board immediately, starting their scoring with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Wabash plated two runs when Scheidt left the yard with his first home run of the season on a blast to right-center to score Reese Bauer.

The Little Giants held the Panthers scoreless before expanding their lead in the third inning. Reid's run-scoring single highlighted an inning where Wabash scored twice for a 4-0 lead.

Wabash kept Hanover without a run before building their lead to 5-0 in the seventh inning on a Reid solo home run.

The Panthers then evened up the game at 5-5 in the eighth inning before Wabash fought back to retake the lead. Benjamin Henke crossed home plate with the go-ahead run on a groundout by Caleb Ellspermann. Woehr gave up a hit batsman in the top of the ninth inning, but back-to-back batter interference calls against Hanover (9-5) ended the game.

GAME NOTES
» Wabash's highest-scoring inning was the third when it pushed two runs across.
» Wabash grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» The Little Giants out-hit the Panthers at an 8-7 clip.
» Wabash went 3-for-9 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» Wabash pitchers faced 41 Hanover hitters in the game, allowing six ground balls and 13 fly balls while striking out six.
» The Little Giants drew five walks from Hanover pitching.
» Reid led the Little Giants at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.


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