MEMPHIS, Tenn — Senior designated hitter Chris Beatty (Seven Fields, Pa., Hampton) finished 4-for-4 with two home runs and nine RBI to propel the #15 Marietta College baseball team to a 20-8 victory over Illinois Wesleyan University Saturday (March 13) afternoon on the campus of Rhodes College. The Pioneers' fifth straight win helped them wrap up their spring break trip with a 7-2 record. The Titans fell to 0-3 on the spring. [Box Score]

Beatty, the 2009 All-Mideast Region and All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection, increased his hitting streak to seven games and improved his average to a team-best .457 with his performance on Saturday. He hit two-run home runs in the first and fourth, a RBI single in the third, a three-run triple in the fifth and drew a RBI walk with the bases loaded in the sixth. Beatty's nine-RBI performance was one shy of the school and OAC record held by Chris Tekulve in 2000 and matched by Brent Curtin in 2003.

Senior catcher Dan Jones (Lima, Shawnee) added three hits and three runs scored in five at-bats, while sophomore shortstop Tim Saunders (Alliance, Alliance), who has a hit in all nine games this season, freshman right fielder Jordan Grilliot (Brookville, Northmont), junior first baseman Casey Levens (Dayton, Centerville), junior center fielder John Snyder (Altoona, Pa., Altoona) and freshman third baseman Braden Park (Oxford, Talawanda) all had a pair of hits for Marietta, who out hit Illinois Wesleyan 18-11 in the win.

Freshman Evan Brockmeier (Marietta/Marietta) earned his first collegiate win by throwing five solid innings in relief of freshman starter Andrew Brown (Centerville/Centerville). Brockmeier scattered two runs on five hits and struck out four. Brown allowed four runs on five hits, walked two and fanned five in 2 2/3 innings. Freshman Luke Langdon (Troy/Troy) retired the only batter he faced, while sophomore Logan Lewis (Nashport/Tri-Valley) closed the game after allowing two runs on one hit and striking out one in one inning.

Marietta led 2-1 after one frame and 6-4 after three innings. The Pioneers then increased their lead to 20-6 by outscoring the Titans 14-2 over innings four through six. Illinois Wesleyan capped the scoring with two runs in the ninth.

Marietta returns to action with a busy opening weekend at Don Schaly Stadium. The Pioneers will take on Dubuque (Iowa) Friday (March 19) at 1 p.m., play Rose-Hulman (Ind.) in a doubleheader Saturday (March 20) at 2 p.m. and then close out the weekend Sunday (March 21) against Dubuque at 1 p.m. All of the action can be heard on WMOA-AM 1490 and online at http://wmoa1490.com. Live statistics will also be available at http://www.marietta.edu/athletics/livestats/xlive.htm.