A coach said one time he wanted, "Thanks for the mercy rule" on his tombstone. This rule saves a lot of arms and was hit in the two MIAA contests that could be played on Wednesday. Adrian and Olivet both run-ruled their opposition shortening a nine inning game to seven.
After conducting a national search, Olivet school officials found a familiar face to lead the baseball program. An assistant coach for the last three seasons, Santiago Mendez has been promoted to head coach.
On a light schedule, McDaniel outscore everyone with a 22 hit, 22 run attack but the surprise of the day belonged to Olivet. The Comets saw a 46 game losing streak to Adrian come to an end with a 4-2 victory in the final of a four game set this weekend.
Andy Merchant was announced by school officials as Olivet's new head coach. He returns to Olivet where was an assistant coach after three years as the head coach of Lansing Community College.
Olivet and Heidelberg were just a few teams that found themselves playing conference foes on Monday instead of the weekend. Weather continued to keep teams off the diamond but not in the CAC where No. 12 Salisbury split with Mary Washington.
Storm Thor is the latest cause of cancellations but Loras, Olivet, and Scranton all got their seasons started with mixed results. Loras earned a split with St. Mary's (Minn.) while Olivet and Scranton fell short in their season openers.
Relief pitcher Steven Kimmelman, outfielder Matt Sheneman, and third baseman Beau Langs, are the only players not in their senior year on this weeks D3baseball.com's TOTW.
Mercy sakes alive
April 03, 2024A coach said one time he wanted, "Thanks for the mercy rule" on his tombstone. This rule saves a lot of arms and was hit in the two MIAA contests that could be played on Wednesday. Adrian and Olivet both run-ruled their opposition shortening a nine inning game to seven.
