Yellow Jackets close out Florida trip with two wins

Fort Myers, Fla. - Defiance College baseball concluded their spring break trip with two wins on Friday. The Yellow Jackets defeated Western Connecticut 7-6 on a walk off wild pitch and St. Elizabeth 8-2. Headlining game two was Cohen Nies who is now the school record holder in both innings pitched and strikeouts.

Game One vs West Conn

• Trent Murdock, Hunter Bostater, Ethan Jenkins, and Thaddeus Baker each had an RBI in the first inning to give Defiance an early 4-0 lead.

• The Wolves could not get anything going against starter Sam Thombs.

• The Wolves roughed up Joseph O'Neil in the seventh inning to tie the game. Jeffrey Varga relieved O'Niel and got out of the inning with the game tied at 4.

• Hunter Loomis smacked a two-run single to give the Wolves the lead in the eighth. Both runs were unearned as the inning began with an error by Austin Horning.

• Horning and Kolbe Vanderleest tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with back-to-back RBI singles with two outs.

• Tyler Sickmiller pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.

• Mitchell Roever began the bottom of the ninth with a walk, Gunner Gregg followed with a single and Trent Murdock was intentionally walked to bring up Hunter Bostater with no outs. Roever would score on a wild pitch to win the game.

Inside The Numbers

• Sam Thombs threw 4.0 innings and struck out six.

• Austin Horning had three hits in the game.

• Sickmiller with his first decision of the year and is now 1-0.

• Roever and Bustater scored two runs each.

• Hunter Loomis finished with three hits and both him and Josef Rosa had two RBIs.

• Sam Capetanakis (0-2) took the loss.

Game Two vs St. Elizabeth

• Tim Bobek crushed his first collegiate home run over the left field wall in the second inning to give the Yellow Jackets an early 2-0 lead. 

• Josh Vischer and Tyler Dehan would each add an RBI single to extend the lead to 8-0.

• Alex Iserman his first collegiate action in the game when he replaced Roever.

• Jacob Pipercic would get the Eagles on the board with a sac fly in the sixth inning.

• Alexia Jorge would add an RBI single in the final inning.

Inside The Numbers

• Cohen Nies (2-0) went 7.0 innings and struck out seven - solidifying him as the school record holder in both strikeouts and innings pitched.

• Ethan Jenkins relieved him and threw the final two innings.

• Murdock and Bostater each scored two runs.

• Eight different Yellow Jackets had a hit in the game.

• Gibbs had two hits for the Eagles.

• Disciasci (0-1) allowed six earned runs and was credited with the loss. 

Up Next

• The Yellow Jackets will head to Tiffin on Tuesday for a single game against Heidelberg. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.