Wittenberg Tigers Baseball

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Tiger Up!

And…..WE’RE IN!!! For the 1st time since 2011, Wittenberg baseball has clinched a spot in the NCAC tournament next week. Only the top 4 of 10 teams in the conference move on to the double elimination tournament.

The Tigers (25-10) clinched after a 13-3 run rule victory over Wooster (25-12) in game 1 before dropping game 2 for a split.

Notables:

Gabe Stacy 3-7, 2B, 3 RBIs, SB
Conor O’Malley 2H, Grand Slam, 4 RBIs
Jack Siefert 3-9, 2B, RBI
Dylan Jackson 4-5, HR, 3 RBIs, SB
Luke Thomas 3-7, HR, 3 RBIs
Jared Burick 2-5, 2B, SB
Ben Seibert 2-2, 2 RBIs
Austin Morrow 2-3
Max Monachino 1-1, 2 RBIs
Matt Moore 2H

Joe Horoszko 4.1 IP, 6H, 3R, 4K
Charlie Schafer 3.2 IP, 0H, 0R, 5K

Matt Shanor 2.1 IP, 4H, R, K
Carson Rengal 0.2 IP, 2H, 0R
Tyler Defibaugh 1.2 IP, H, 0R

The Tigers finish out the regular season with a doubleheader at Ohio Wesleyan on Sunday!

Big shoutout to Soph catcher Parker Gryskevich who launched the first home run of his career last weekend vs Oberlin. He had the walk off base hit over DePauw on Tuesday. And homered again yesterday vs Kenyon. Quite the week for the young backstop!

The Tigers (21-7) swept conference opponent Kenyon (19-10) yesterday to move into 2nd place in the NCAC standings at 9-3.

Notables from the day:

Gabe Stacy 2-6, 2 HR, 2 RBI, SB
Chase Whisner 2H, 5 RBIs
Conor O’Malley 3-8, 2B, 2 RBIs, SB
Matt Moore 2H, RBI
Jack Siefert 2H, 3 RBIs
Jared Burick 2B, 2 RBIs
Parker Gryskevich 1-2, HR, 2 RBIs
Luke Thomas 3-8, RBI, SB
Ben Seibert 1-3, SB
Austin Morrow 1-3, SB
Dylan Jackson 1-2

Nick Cunningham 3.1 IP, 4H, 1R, 0BB, 1K
Justin Maynard (W) 4.1 IP, 3H, 0ER, 0BB, 4K
Joe Horoszko (SV) 1.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 1K

Austin Luther (W) 7 IP, 5H, 0R, 8K
Tyler Defibaugh 1 IP, 2H, 0R