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Baseball Senior Day
5
Winner Defiance DEFIANCE 7-27
1
Manchester MANCHEST 14-23
Winner
Defiance DEFIANCE
7-27
5
Final
1
Manchester MANCHEST
14-23
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Defiance DEFIANCE 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 7 0
Manchester MANCHEST 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 3

W: Jo. Gase (1-4) L: Layson, Ty (2-7) S: J. Varga ()

3
Defiance DEFIANCE 7-28
11
Winner Manchester MANCHEST 15-23
Defiance DEFIANCE
7-28
3
Final
11
Manchester MANCHEST
15-23
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Defiance DEFIANCE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1
Manchester MANCHEST 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 X 11 13 2

W: Hanes, Rocco (3-3) L: B. Bowman (1-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Spartans Baseball Celebrate Senior Day


NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Manchester University men's baseball team hosted the visiting Defiance Yellow Jackets at Gratz Field for the Spartans Senior day and for a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) doubleheader on Saturday, May 4

The Spartans split the series with the Yellow Jackets, losing game one 5-1 and winning game two 11-3. After game two, the Spartans baseball team honored its senior class of Austin Knowles, Hunter Aker,Mitchell Baker, Griffin Garwood, Blake Lynch, Harrison Pittsford, Cody Jackson, and Gerit Bock.

GAME 1: DEFIANCE 5, MANCHESTER 1
  • The Yellow Jackets got on the board first in the third inning, making it 2-0
  • Manchester responded in the fifth inning scoring off a Michael Dierckman (Fort Wayne, Ind., Carroll) double, making the score 2-1.
  • Defiance's offensive efforts continued as they would go on to score three more runs winning game one 5-1.
  • Dierckman went 2-3 at the plate for the Spartans with the lone RBI

GAME 2: MANCHESTER 11, DEFIANCE 3
  • The Spartans got on the board in the first inning off of a Defiance error, advancing Joel Kennedy (Mooreland, Ind., Monroe Central) and bringing in Austin Knowles (Nassau, Bahamas, Athens Christian (Ga.))
  • Rocco Hanes (Ossian, Ind., Norwell) flied out to right field, bringing in two runs making it 3-0 in the first.
  • The Yellow Jackets would cut the Spartans lead in the third inning scoring two runs, making it 3-2.
  • A Kennedy single in the fifth inning would bring in a run making it 4-2.
  • The Spartans' offense caught fire in the eighth inning, scoring seven runs against the Yellow Jackets.
  • Ian Nuckles (Martinsville, Ind., Martinsville) single to left field made it 5-2. Jared Holley (Wabash, Ind., Wabash) would follow, bringing in two runs off a single down the left-field line, making the score 7-2.
  • With the bases loaded Kennedy would go yard, earning himself a grand slam and adding four more runs to the board; making the score 11-2.
  • Manchester would go on to win 11-3.
  • As a team, the Spartans had 13 hits, and 10 RBIs
  • Manchester's Knowles, Kennedy, and Gavin Gleason (Brookston, Ind., Delphi Community) all went 2-5 at the plate and earned two runs each.
  • Rocco Hanes pitched for the first six innings, racking up six strikeouts, and only scattered four hits.
UP NEXT:
The Spartans will travel to Terre Haute, Ind.  Sunday May 5, as they finish out their regular season against the Rose Hulman Fightin' Engineers in an HCAC doubleheader. Game one will begin at 1 pm, with game two to follow.
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