LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Spalding University baseball team slugged their way to a 12-2 win over Olivet Sunday afternoon improving to 4-0 on the season.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Spalding 12 – Olivet 2
LOCATION: DeSales, Louisville, Ky.
RECORDS: Spalding 4-0, Olivet 0-1
HIGHLIGHTS
- Tied 0-0 in the bottom of the second, designated hitter Kyle Stevens singled up the middle driving in Matt Harper and Quenton Brownlee to put SU ahead, 2-0.
- The Golden Eagles broke the game open in the fifth scoring six runs on five hits. Sievert hit a sac fly to left field scoring Stevens for the first run, and Clay Kelly followed with a triple scoring Evan Trentman. Kelly then came home on a Joe Hatcher single, and Brownlee capped off the inning with a three-run homer to right field.
- Spalding added four more runs in the sixth on RBI singles by Sievert, Kelly, Hatcher and Harper pushing the margin to 12 runs.
STAT LEADERS
- Jack Parisi (1-0) earned his first collegiate win. The right-hander held the Comets to two earned runs, on five hits, while striking out seven batters and walking one in 7.0 innings pitched.
- Quenton Brownlee went 2-for-2 with three RBI and a three-run home run.
- Clay Kelly went a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate driving in one run and scoring two.
- Kyle Stevens finished 2-for-3 with two RBI, and Joe Hatcher went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
FOR THE FOES
- Aaron Gillespie (0-1) suffered the loss, allowing eight runs, five earned, on 10 hits, while striking out five batters and walking one.
- Jake Robinson led Olivet at the plate going 1-for-3 with one RBI.
UP NEXT
- The Golden Eagles wrap up week one of the Derby City Classic against UW-Platteville Monday, February 26 at 6:00 pm EST.