Baseball wins, Carr breaks batting record
By Bryant Foreman
Picking up a 4-1 win against North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Denison University was not the only positive note for the Earlham College baseball team as they left the field on Saturday.
As well as splitting a doubleheader with the Big Red, senior catcher/infielder Jake Carr secured his spot as the all-time hits leader for the Quakers at 160.
The record was formerly held by alumnus Eric Sturgeon ‘08.
“He [Sturgeon] would probably be happy for me, being a former teammate, because he always wanted me to do well,” said Carr.
In the first of two games, junior pitcher Adam Painter opened for the Quakers, giving up one run on eight hits against the Big Red, eventually securing a win for the first game.
However, the Quakers could not get the sweep they were looking for as they fell to the Big Red in the second game 6-5.
The second game was a back-and-forth battle until Denison singled in a critical run in the sixth inning. The Quakers were not able to respond to the Big Red’s push late in the game as the score remained close throughout the rest of the second contest.
Junior outfielder Tyler Schroeder led the team in the second game with two hits. Junior infielder Andrew Morrical highlighted for the Quakers with a critical two-run single that pushed the team into the lead.
Painter, who has been struggling with a recently acquired injury in his shoulder, said, “My arm was starting to feel the effects late into the game, but I knew that if I finished strong and our team fielded well the rest of the game, that we would be able to pull it off.”
Tomorrow, the Quakers (2-15, 1-5 NCAC) will travel to Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) to take on the Bishops at 1 p.m.
Last year the team only clinched one win out of the series, in which OWU won the other three by some significant numbers.
Morrical said, “Ohio Wesleyan is usually one of the stronger teams in our conference, but I feel that if we function as a team like we did in the first game against Denison then we should fare well against the Bishops.”
On Wednesday, the Quakers faced the Cincinnati Christian University (CCU) Eagles at McBride Stadium.
Painter opened up for the team once again as he held CCU to no runs, two hits, and five strikeouts.
Earlham, on the other hand, scored 15 runs as they run-ruled the Eagles in the fifth inning. In the second contest, freshman Justin Broach opened up as he and the Quakers went on to seal the game 7-6.
Freshman infielder Ross Yoho highlighted for the Quakers with a grand slam.
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