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Box Score 2 ADA, Ohio – Marietta College maintained its second place position in the Ohio Athletic Conference baseball standings with a doubleheader sweep at Ohio Northern University Friday (April 18) afternoon. The Etta Express rolled to a 10-1 win in game one and then took the second game by the score of 5-2.
The Pioneers are 11-3 in the OAC, one game behind Heidelberg University, and 22-10 overall. Ohio Northern drops to 19-10 on the season and 7-7 in the OAC.
Sophomore
(Cincinnati/Elder) (4-1) settled down after the first inning and turned in another quality start. He pitched 6.2 innings and allowed two runs on three hits. Nieberding struck out five and didn't walk a batter.
Fellow freshman
Kordell Antill (Woodsfield/Monroe Central) gave up one hit in 1.1 innings of relief and junior
Mike Fulton (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills) closed the door on the Polar Bears with a perfect ninth for his second save of the season.
Three ONU errors led to a pair of unearned runs for Marietta in the second, while Demko accounted for the Pioneers' final run with a run-scoring single in the third.
Deitering (2-1) took the loss for Ohio Northern. He started and went 7.0 innings allowing five runs on six hits with two walks and seven punch-outs. Devin Carr and Casey Mulcahy each three an inning of shutout relief.
Ungerbuehler was the only Pioneer with two hits in the nitecap as Marietta managed just six total hits.
Marietta hosts Frostburg State University on Wednesday (April 23). Originally scheduled as a single nine-inning game, the teams will now play a doubleheader starting at 2:00 p.m.
Fans can follow the Etta Express all season long at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter.
