Wabash College senior AJ Reid became the Little Giants baseball team's all-time leader in hits by collecting four hits over the course of Saturday's home doubleheader against the College of Wooster. Wabash took a 9-4 victory in game one against the visiting Fighting Scots but saw the 2024 season end with a 7-3 loss in the second game of the North Coast Athletic Conference twin bill. 

Reid entered the game tied for second place on the career hits list with 206 before picking up three hits in the first game for Wabash (22-18, 8-8 NCAC). The senior third baseman delivered a double in the first inning, then added a triple in the second. Reid snapped the former record of 208 hits set by Sean Roginski from 2016-2019 with a single to center field in the sixth inning. Reid added another base hit in the second game to end his career with 210 hits over his four-year career. He finished his career as the Little Giants' all-time leader in hits, runs scored (160), and hit batsman (57), and tied for second in career doubles (48).

Wabash finished tied for fourth place in the final NCAC standings, matching the 8-8 record of the Kenyon College Owls in conference games. A two-game sweep by the Owls in the head-to-head matchup against the Little Giants put Kenyon into the final berth in the upcoming 2024 NCAC Baseball Tournament and ended the Wabash season.

GAME 1 | Wabash 9, Wooster 4

 Camden Scheidt collected four RBIs to help propel the Wabash Little Giants past the Wooster Fighting Scots 9-4 on Saturday.

Scheidt went 1-for-4 with a triple in addition to his four RBIs for the Little Giants. Reid also compiled a standout performance at the dish, going 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, and an RBI. Kamden Earley also helped out for Wabash, putting together two hits in four trips to the plate while adding a triple and a walk.

Caleb Everson (6-2) earned the win for Wabash (22-17, 8-7). The right-hander went eight innings, giving up four runs, all of them earned, on eight hits, allowing no walks and striking out four.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Little Giants got the scoring started early, putting one run on the board at the bottom of the first inning. Wabash got an RBI single from Nick Logan, scoring Reid from third base.

The Little Giants held the Fighting Scots scoreless before getting back on the board the next inning. Wabash produced a two-run frame, punctuated with an RBI triple from Reid, which brought the Little Giants lead to 3-0.

Wooster narrowed Wabash's lead to 3-1 before the Little Giants stretched the advantage to 6-1 in the fourth inning. Scheidt's bases-clearing triple scored all three runs in the frame for the Little Giants.

Wabash held the Fighting Scots scoreless before expanding their lead in the seventh inning. Michael Galanos' run-scoring single brought home one run in a two-run output for the Little Giants, bringing the score to 8-1 in favor of Wabash.

The Little Giants kept Wooster off the scoreboard before building on their lead to 9-1 the following inning. Earley came across to score the lone run of the inning for Wabash and get them on the board. Wooster put three runs on the scoreboard before the game ended, but the Little Giants still coasted to the 9-4 win.

GAME NOTES

 » Wabash got three-hit games from both Reid and Benjamin Henke.

 » The Little Giants' power output was led by Reid, who had two extra-base hits in the ballgame.

 » Scheidt drove in four runs for Wabash.

 » Every Wabash starter reached base safely in the win.

 » Wabash's highest-scoring inning was the fourth when it pushed three runs across.

 » Wabash took a 1-0 lead in the bottom half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.

 » Four Little Giants had multiple hits in the ballgame.

 » The Little Giants out-hit the Fighting Scots at a 14-9 clip.

 » Wabash went 6-for-14 (.429) with runners in scoring position.

 » The Little Giants got two hits in four at-bats with the bases loaded.

 » Wabash pitchers faced 37 Wooster hitters in the game, allowing five ground balls and 16 fly balls while striking out five.

 » The Little Giants drew five walks from Wooster pitching.

 » Scheidt led the Little Giants at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a triple and four RBI.

GAME 2 | Wooster 7, Wabash 3

 Though they had plenty of opportunities, the Little Giants struggled to cash them in, leaving ten runners on base in a 7-3 loss at the hands of the Fighting Scots in Saturday's second game of the doubleheader.

Grant Stratton (3-2) got the ball to start for Wabash and took the loss. Braeden Bryant was a bright spot for the Little Giants, coming out of the bullpen and throwing 2.2 shutout innings, allowing no hits.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Little Giants were trailing 1-0 in the first inning when they first put runs on the board. A. Reid came across to score the lone run of the inning for Wabash and get them on the board.

The Fighting Scots broke the tie and re-took the lead heading into the fifth inning when the Little Giants got back on the scoreboard. Wabash brought home a pair, with one run driven in by Will Fremion's single, which tightened the Fighting Scots' lead to 4-3. The Little Giants could not get any closer, as Wooster added three runs to their tally on the way to a 7-3 final.

GAME NOTES

 » Wabash's highest-scoring inning was the fifth when it pushed two runs across.

 » Wabash left ten runners stranded on base in the loss.

 » Wabash went 3-for-10 (.300) with runners in scoring position.

 » Wabash pitchers faced 44 Wooster hitters in the game, allowing 13 ground balls and ten fly balls while striking out three.

 » Logan led the Little Giants at the plate, going 2-for-5 with an RBI.

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