by Per Noah Gil of the BW Communications team
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The No. 1 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University baseball team took down in-state opponent Bluffton University by a score of 11-6 at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic at the Terry Park Sports Complex.
BW (4-2) jumped out to an early lead in the second inning but it was not long until Bluffton (0-1) took the lead in its first game of the 2024 season. The Beavers would go on to take a 6-3 lead in the sixth before the Yellow Jackets went on a 8-0 run to close the game.
Scoring Plays
- Top 2nd – sophomore centerfielder Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider (Grove City) scored on a wild pitch
- Top 6th – freshman catcher Mason Fixx (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) hit an RBI double to left
- Top 6th – junior second baseman Noah English (Perrysburg) singled to drive in his first RBI of the year
- Top 8th – junior designated hitter Mally Kilbane (Olmsted Township/Olmsted Falls) drove in two after a Beavers’ error
- Top 8th – senior first baseman Max Anastasio (Chesterbrook, Pa./Conestoga) stayed hot with a two-run triple to give the Yellow Jackets the lead for good
- Top 9th – junior rightfielder Joey Marousek (North Royalton) added to the BW lead with a triple to center driving in two
- Top 9th – Anastasio drove in two more runs with a single
At the Plate
- Sophomore leftfielder Trent Bucy (Eastlake/Eastlake North) went a career-best 3-for-5 with two doubles
- Anastasio led the way for the Brown and Gold with four RBI on four hits scoring one run
- English added another hit bringing his total to two on the day
- Marousek also tallied two hits and two RBI
On the Mound
- Junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference right-hander Dylan Snyder (Stow/Archbishop Hoban) punched out a season-high six batters giving up only two runs on three hits through five innings of work
- Senior right-hander Tyler Walker (Fairlawn/Copley) got his first win of the season after throwing a scoreless and hitless seventh inning striking out one
- Freshman right-hander Jake Heatherington (Bellaire) struck out four in his two innings where he allowed no hits
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets continue the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. on Wednesday, March 6 as they take on Alvernia (Pa.) University at 9 a.m. at the Terry Park Sports Complex.
