FT. PIERCE, Fla. — The
Earlham College baseball team ended its
Florida trip on Wednesday with a 6-4 loss to
Bethany College at the Lawnwood Baseball Complex.
Bethany (3-0) grabbed an early advantage with a run in the bottom of the first inning.
Earlham’s
Andrew Morrical tied the contest in the third inning with a sacrifice fly.
The Bison went back on top with another run in the fourth before the Quakers responded with a sacrifice fly from
Ross Yoho in the sixth.
One inning later,
Bethany broke the game open with three unearned runs off of
Justin Broach (0-2), who took the loss after entering the contest in the sixth in relief of Yoho.
Yoho closed the gap to 5-3 with a run-scoring single in the eighth, but the Bison picked up another tally in the bottom of the frame to keep their three-run margin.
Morrical ended the scoring with a RBI single in the ninth inning.
Conner Gable and Morrical led the Quakers with two hits apiece.
The Quakers (1-6) begin play in the North Coast Athletic Conference on Saturday against Wittenberg University. The doubleheader at McBride Stadium gets underway at 1 p.m.
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