Box Score Granville, Ohio: Action continues at day two of the Granville Tournament, hosted by the Denison baseball team. Fighting against the weather, Adrian College battled No. 21 Baldwin Wallace in game three of the weekend. The Bulldogs fell in an 8-4 decision to the Yellow Jackets. In game four of the weekend, the Denison Big Red took on the Cardinals from North Central College, changing the tide from yesterday's loss to Adrian and coming out victorious in a 5-3 decision. The Big Red move to 9-3 overall.
Up Next: The Granville Tournament will wrap up action tomorrow. Adrian will square off against North Central for the final neutral site game. No. 6 Denison will take on No. 21 Baldwin Wallace in a top-25 matchup to end the weekend.
Denison will travel to Florida for Spring Break baseball, starting their five-game week with a matchup against the No. 3 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays.
Game 3 Neutral Site: (Baldwin Wallace 8, Adrian 4)
Game 4: (Denison 5, North Central 3)
Squaring off with each other and mother nature, Denison fell back on a dominant defensive performance and a handful of spark plays to lift them to a 5-3 victory over North Central. Senior righty,
Nick Falter, picked up his 4th win of the year following his 7.0 inning bout, allowing five hits and striking out a season high of eight batters.
Michael Gray slammed the door shut, going 2.0 innings and recording the save. This is Gray's second save of the season.
The offense played at a methodical pace.
Max Fishbein launched a two-run shot to rip the lead back in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Cade Nowik added two RBI's of his own.
Erik Sundgren added the final run of the game, bringing his season total to 24. Sundgren is tied for second in home runs and top-10 for RBI's across all of Division III.
The defense was perfect in the field, recording zero errors in the victory.