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Box Score 2 Noah Boswell collected two saves in the Kentucky Wesleyan's sweep at Cedarville on Tuesday afternoon in Cedarville, Ohio. The Panthers won 3-2 and 6-4.
Cedarville opened the first game with a run in the first before KWC got on the scoreboard.
Kyle Emig collected his first home run of the season with a shot into left field to tie the game at one-all after two innings of play.
Jonathan Eberhardt sacrifice fly in the third sent
Michael Hellmueller across the plate for the 2-1lead. Hellmueller in the fourth hit a sacrifice fly to center field to drive in
Nolan Ray for the Panther's third and final run.
They Yellow Jackets came back with a run in the fifth to cut the lead to 3-2 as KWC held on for the win..
Nathan Hedgepath had two of the Panther's seven hits while Cedarville gathered eight.
Lucas Ray remained perfect with a 3-0 record by pitching five innings, striking out five and walking one.
Kaleb Moore came in relief in sixth and
Noah Boswell collected his sixth save of the season by closing the door in the seventh.
In the nightcap, the Panthers slowly built a 2-0 advantage after four innings and never looked back.
Eberhardt's single to right field drove Hedgepath to the plate in second for the first run.
Mark Hagedorn followed in the fourth by hitting a solo home run to left field in the fourth. The Yellow Jackets came away with one in the fifth.
Hellmueller added to KWC's tally by scoring on a throwing error in the fifth. Cedarville then added two runs in the seventh to tie the game at 3-3.
Hegepath hit a single to left field to bring Hellmueller across the plate and
Dennon Koziol scored on a fielding error in seventh to extend the lead to 5-3. In the eighth, Emig scored on a balk for the Panther's final run. Cedarville (15-11, 1-3 G-MAC) added one more in the ninth
Aussie Light (2-2) earned the win by throwing eight innings and 12 strikeouts while only giving up two walks in facing 34 batters. Boswell earned his second straight save of the day and his seventh of the season as he tossed two strikeouts in the ninth.
KWC (13-8, 3-1 G-MAC) will play a four-game series at Alderson Broaddus on Saturday and Sunday.
