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Spartans sweep Beavers
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Winner Manchester MANCH 10-19, 4-10 HCAC
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Bluffton BLUFFTON 9-20, 4-10 HCAC
Winner
Manchester MANCH
10-19, 4-10 HCAC
11
Final
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Bluffton BLUFFTON
9-20, 4-10 HCAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Manchester MANCH 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 3 1 11 13 2
Bluffton BLUFFTON 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 3

W: Layson, Ty (2-6) L: J. Jaques (2-5) S: Casas, Arturo (1)

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Winner Manchester MANCHEST 11-19, 5-10 HCAC
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Bluffton BLUFFTON 9-21, 4-11 HCAC
Winner
Manchester MANCHEST
11-19, 5-10 HCAC
8
Final
2
Bluffton BLUFFTON
9-21, 4-11 HCAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Manchester MANCHEST 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 8 14 2
Bluffton BLUFFTON 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 2

W: Holley, Jared (3-1) L: B. Eisenhaue (1-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Spartans Baseball Takes two from the Beavers

NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind.- The Manchester baseball team traveled to Bluffton University for a two-game Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) series against the Beavers on April 20. 

The Spartans swept the Beavers with a hot offense and stout defense, winning game one 11-4 and game two 8-2. This improves the Spartans record to 11-19 and 5-10 in conference play. 

GAME 1: Manchester 11, Bluffton 4 

  • Manchester took an early lead in the top of the 1st thanks to a Rocco Hanes (Ossian, Ind., Norwell) single up the middle that scored one. 

  • Bluffton would rebuttal with three runs of their own in the bottom of the 2nd bringing the game to 3-1. 

  • In the top of the 3rd, Hanes stepped up again, barreling a 2 RBI triple to tie the game. 

  • The Spartans then scored three more runs in the 7th, while the Beavers put up one. 

  • A couple of walks and singles in the 8th and 9th lead to the Spartans 11-4 Victory. 

  • Mitchell Baker (Plainfield, Ind., Plainfield) finished the game with two doubles and three runs while going 3-5 

  • Ty Layson (Fort Wayne, Ind., Homestead) notched his second win of the year on the mound pitching 6.1 innings and Arturo Casas (Pendleton, Ind., Pendleton Heights) came in for his first save of the year. 

Game 2: Manchester 8, Bluffton 2 

  • Bluffton got on the board first in the bottom of the 2nd and held a one run lead til' the 4th. 

  • In the top of the 4th, the Spartans Ian Nuckles (Martinsville, Ind., Martinsville), Michael Dierckman (Fort Wayne, Ind., Carroll), and Austin Knowles (Nassau, Bahamas, Athens Christian (Ga.)) all batted in runs with RBI singles to put the Black and Gold up 4-1. 

  • Later in the 4th the Beavers got one back making the score 4-2 Spartans. 

  • That was the last the Beavers would score for the rest of the day, meanwhile Nuckles and Gerit Bock (Princeton, Ind., Princeton Community) got the Spartans on the board again in the 5th and the Black and Gold finished strong with two more runs in the 6th securing an 8-2 victory. 

  • Knowles and Nuckles  had three hits and two RBIs a piece and Jared Holley (Wabash, Ind., Wabash) picked up the win (3-1) pitching seven innings with four strikeouts. 

UP NEXT: 

  • The Spartans will travel to Crawfordsville, Ind. to take on the Wabash Little Giants for a non-conference doubleheader, Sunday, April 21st. The first pitch is slated for 1:00 PM. 

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