The Wabash College Little Giants fell 11-6 in a 12-inning marathon
matchup to the Asbury University Eagles in Sunday's final game of the three-game series.
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Trailing 1-0, Wabash (10-11) first put runs on the board in the second inning. The Little Giants scored twice, with one run coming across on
Benjamin Henke's single.
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The Wabash offense got back to their scoring ways the next inning. Wabash pushed across a run on
Camden Scheidt's one-out RBI double, which brought the Little Giants lead to 3-1.
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Wabash kept
Asbury scoreless before building its lead to 4-1 in the fifth inning. The Little Giants scored once on an RBI single from Scheidt.
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Wabash held the Eagles scoreless before their offense got things moving the next inning. The Little Giants scored once on an RBI single by
Evan Neukam, bringing the Wabash advantage to 5-1.
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Asbury (14-13) mounted a comeback, scoring two runs in the eighth inning before plating another two in the ninth to even the score at 5-5. The Eagles' offense exploded for six runs in the 12
th inning. Wabash scored once on an RBI single off the bat of
Coby Stephens to try and mount a comeback, but the deficit proved too large in the five-run loss. The defeat gave Asbury a 2-1 win for the series.
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Scheidt went 2-for-5 on the day with a double, a walk, and two RBI.
William McKinzie finished 2-for-3 with a walk.
Will Phillips put together one hit in one trip to the plate while adding two walks.
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Trey Pitcock (0-2) came out of the bullpen for Wabash (10-11) and took the loss. Reid threw two shutout innings in relief, allowing no hits, with no walks and two strikeouts. Michael Wright started for the Little Giants and pitched five innings of one-run baseball. He scattered five hits with one strikeout.
GAME NOTES
» Wabash's highest-scoring inning was the second when it pushed two runs across.
» McKinzie stole two bases in Sunday's game.
» Wabash pitchers faced 59
Asbury hitters in the game, allowing nine ground balls and 20 fly balls while striking out six.
» The Little Giants drew six walks from
Asbury pitching.
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Scheidt led the Little Giants at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI.
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