GRANVILLE, Ohio (May 1, 2022) – The No. 25 Denison University baseball team kicked off its Senior Day on Sunday by finishing off an 11-4 win over Allegheny College that resumed in the middle of the seventh inning after being suspended due to rain back on April 11. Then later on in the day, the Big Red returned to the field against No. 12 nationally-ranked Baldwin Wallace University and finished with a big 5-2 win over the Yellow Jackets.
 
Game 1 (Denison 11, Allegheny 4)

• The game picked back up in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Big Red already leading 8-4 after scoring in each of the first five innings of the game.
• In the top of the ninth, Denison added to its lead with a three-run top of the ninth inning that featured a big pinch hit home run to left field by Dylan Hunter.
• For the game, Ari Fierer finished 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI's while Danny Alvarez was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI's.
• George Viebrock returned to the mound after pitching the final inning before the game was suspended, and he was able to pitch all three innings on Sunday without allowing a run to earn the four-inning save.
• Trey Holland (5-0) was credited with the win after originally pitching the first five innings of the game allowing just four hits, two total runs, one earned run and two walks to go along with four strikeouts.

 
Game 2 (Denison 5, Baldwin Wallace 2)

• After the Big Red fell behind 1-0 after giving up an earned run via an error in the first inning, Jacob Pendergraft (1-0) proceeded to limit the Yellow Jackets to only one hit and one walk over the next four innings.
• Pendergraft was benefited by a 6-4-3 double play to end the top of the second and a caught stealing for the second out in the top of the fourth, and then after Baldwin Wallace stranded two runners on base in the fifth, the Denison offense made its presence felt in the bottom half as Daniel Spencer belted a two-run home run down the left field line to give Denison a lead it would never surrender.
• Denison added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth on RBI-doubles by Hunter and Alvarez, and then both teams scored a run in the seventh.
• Henry Haack earned his second save of the season after pitching the final three innings allowing three hits and one unearned run.

 
Senior Day (Stats entering Sunday):

• Danny Alvarez is a career .360 hitter who has started in 66 of 68 games while totaling 80 hits, 61 runs, 62 RBI's, 18 doubles, nine home runs and 10 stolen bases. In 2022, Alvarez is batting .377 with 43 hits, 32 runs, 35 RBI's, 11 doubles, five home runs and five steals.
• Payton Burch has hit .306 for his career while starting in 24 of 45 games to go along with 26 hits and 24 runs. He has started in 21 of his 24 games so far as a senior, and is batting .329 with 24 hits, 22 runs, 10 RBI's, four doubles and three steals.
• Henry Haack has made 43 appearances with two starts in his career, going 7-3 with three saves, 59 strikeouts and a 3.83 ERA in 84.2 innings.
• Matt Hastings has appeared in five games in his career and recorded his first career hit and RBI against DePauw on April 7th of this season.
• Trey Holland has appeared in 11 games with eight starts, and is 4-1 with two saves, 62 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA in 49 total innings. He has started in six of his eight games so far this season, and is 4-0 with one save, 40 strikeouts and a 2.00 ERA in 36 innings.
• Dylan Hunter has hit .333 for his career while starting in 53 of 74 games and accumulating 71 hits, 55 runs, 48 RBI's, 18 doubles, seven home runs and 14 stolen bases. He was inducted into Denison's Chi Alpha Sigma Chapter in 2020-21 as well as being named to the All-NCAC West Team. Hunter was named to the NCAC Academic Honor Roll in both 2019-20 and 2020-21.
• Jarrett Hyder is has appeared in 20 games in his career with one start this season, and he is 2-2 with 22 strikeouts in 26.2 innings pitched.
• Kenny Lippman has started in 19 of his 28 appearances and has accumulated an 8-4 record with two saves, 113 strikeouts and a 3.61 ERA in 99.2 innings pitched.
• Sam Maier has made 15 appearances and has one save and 11 strikeouts in 17.1 innings in his career.
• Will McManaman has started in 29 of 36 games in his career and is 11-5 with 104 strikeouts and a 4.04 ERA in 142.2 innings. As a freshman in 2019, McManaman was named Second-Team all-conference and was the NCAC Newcomer of the Year.
• Taylor Perrett has started in 42 of 51 career appearances and has amassed a record of 26-8 to go along with four complete games and two shoutouts. He had also recorded 209 career strikeouts and has a 3.82 ERA across 258.1 total innings pitched. In 2021, Perrett was named to the All-NCAC West Team. In 2019, he was named to the NCAC All-Tournament Team after he throw a complete game shutout with five strikeouts against Allegheny to send the Big Red to the championship series.
• Daniel Spencer has hit .327 for his career, has started in 73 of 94 games, and has recorded 87 hits, 60 runs, 49 RBI's, 15 doubles, 2 triples, one home run and 15 stolen bases. He has started in 18 of his 23 games as a senior, and has recorded 19 hits, 17 runs, 16 RBI's, five doubles and four steals.
• Justin Wernoski has appeared in 25 career games and has six hits, three runs and three RBI's in his career. He was inducted into Denison's Chi Alpha Sigma Chapter in 2020-21, and has been named to the NCAC Academic Honor Roll in both 2019-20 and 2020-21.

 
Next Up: Denison will host its final two home games of the regular season as the Big Red welcome the Yeomen of Oberlin College to the Big Red Baseball Field for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4.