Baseball team falls to Trine, 4-2

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College baseball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game before allowing two late runs to come up short against Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) foe Trine (Ind.) University, 4-2, this afternoon at Cutler Athletic Complex.

Final Score: Trine 4, Olivet 2
Location: Cutler Athletic Complex; Olivet, Michigan
Records: Olivet 5-12 overall, 0-3 MIAA; Trine 8-10 overall, 3-0 MIAA

• There was no scoring until the sixth inning when the Thunder plated two runs.
• The Comets leveled the score in the seventh inning. Senior Logan Sella laced a double the right field line. After the second out was recorded, junior James Harris hit a two-run home run.
• Trine scored what proved to be the winning runs in the eighth inning.
• Olivet did bring the go-ahead run to the plate in the home half of the eighth but failed to score any runs.

• Olivet had five hits.
• Sella was 2-for-4 with a double and single.
• The other hits were Harris' home run and singles by seniors Matt Hewitt and Trevor Savage.
• Senior Hunter Henson was charged with the pitching loss after yielding the four runs (two earned) on four hits over eight innings. He struck out five batters.
• Sophomore Alex Rose tossed a scoreless inning of relief.

• Brenden Warner went 2-for-3 with a double and single.
• Gary DeMartino also hit a double.
• Dalton Nikirk registered the fourth Thunder hit.
• Cole Decker earned the win in relief of starter Cam Nagel.
• Nagel started on the mound but did not factor in the decision, allowing two runs on four hits over six and two-thirds innings. Decker pitched one and two-thirds innings, giving up just one hit.
• Noah Brettin needed only two pitches in the ninth to pick-up the save.

• Olivet hosts Albion College Tuesday, April 5. First pitch is at 4 p.m.