CEDARVILLE, OH - The 'Boro boys will be back at Prasco. With a 9-2 win in their opener at Cedarville today, the Panthers secured a .500 winning percentage in conference play. Thanks to Hillsdale dropping three of four at Walsh, Wesleyan jumped in front of their northern counterparts, securing the eighth and final playoff spot. This marks the 10th straight season Wesleyan has made the G-MAC tournament, the longest streak in the conference. In a game that ended up not being a factor, Wesleyan dropped the final contest of the series 6-5.
Wesleyan now sits at 17-30 (15-15 G-MAC), while Cedarville finishes their season with a record of 14-35 (11-21 G-MAC).
Game One
The Panthers came out firing on all cylinders in the opener, as they scored in each of their first nine innings to push the lead out to 9-0 after five. Leading the charge was
Noah Davis, who used his speed to leg out an inside-the-park home run in the second, then hit a no doubter to left field in the fifth.
Noah Davis went 2-for-4 with three RBI's and two runs scored.
Cade Moore was fantastic at the leadoff spot, going 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
Nick Wimber and
Gabriel Medina each notched two hits for the Panthers.
Throwing another gem was senior
Seth Wright (3-3), who allowed just one earned run on three hits in six innings of work. He also notched five strikeouts in the game, bringing his career total up to 239.
Game Two
The Panthers looked to sweep the series in game four, but a late comeback by the Yellow Jackets forced Wesleyan to settle for the 3-1 series win.
With the teams going back-and-forth early on, Wesleyan got big RBI's from
Gabriel Medina and
Bryce Zupan in the fourth and eighth innings to give Wesleyan a 5-3 lead. Cedarville used small ball to load the bases and score three runs in the bottom of the ninth to get the win.
Cade Moore was 2-for-5 with two runs scored in the game, while
Gabriel Medina was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Josh Tucker (1-4) struck out two in the loss.
The G-MAC tournament is scheduled to take place at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio, on Wednesday-Saturday of next week. Time and dates of the Panther's games will be released as soon as they are made available by the conference.
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