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Nick Carroll
17
Winner Bethel (Ind.) BC 8-28, 5-16 CL
13
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 16-17, 10-11 CL
Winner
Bethel (Ind.) BC
8-28, 5-16 CL
17
Final
13
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU
16-17, 10-11 CL
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Bethel (Ind.) BC 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 7 17 15 2
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 13 17 2

W: Tolson, Cooper (1) L: Herschberger, Vincent (1)

3
Bethel (Ind.) BC 8-29, 5-17 CL
4
Winner Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 17-17, 11-11 CL
Bethel (Ind.) BC
8-29, 5-17 CL
3
Final
4
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU
17-17, 11-11 CL
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bethel (Ind.) BC 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 1
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 1

W: Mullins, Brant (1) L: Swingley, Sullivan (1) S: Herschberger, Vincent (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Carroll blasts 3 HR, Cougars split DH with Bethel

SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – Nick Carroll belted three home runs in the opener and finished with five RBI's, but it was not enough as Bethel University held on to defeat the Spring Arbor University 17-13. The Cougars bounced back in the nightcap, however, rallying from a late two-run deficit to win 4-3 and even the series.

 
THE BASICS
SCORES: Spring Arbor 13, Bethel 17
Spring Arbor 4, Bethel 3
LOCATION: Hank Burbridge Field | Spring Arbor, Mich.
RECORDS: Spring Arbor 17-17 (11-11 CL), Bethel 8-29 (5-17 CL)

 
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Spring Arbor and Bethel combined to hit nine home runs in Friday's opener.
  • The Cougars took a 5-0 lead after three innings, but the Pilots responded with eight unanswered runs over the next three frames to grab an 8-5 advantage.
  • Bethel increased its lead to 10-5 after scoring two more runs in the top of the eighth, but SAU battled back. In the bottom half of the eighth, Vincent Herschberger hit a three-run home run and Carroll followed with a solo shot to get the Cougars within one, 10-9. Then, in the bottom of the ninth, Brant Mast led off with a double and would come around to score the game-tying run on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Haynes.
  • Bethel struck for seven runs in the top of the 10th inning to retake the lead, but the Cougars refused to go down without a fight. The first two batters reached base for SAU in the bottom of the inning and Carroll smashed his third big fly of the afternoon – a three-run shot – to get Spring Arbor within four, 17-13. The Cougars would continue to threaten, putting runners on second and third with only one out, but the Pilots escaped the jam to hang on for the win.
  • Spring Arbor finished with 17 hits. Carroll went 3-for-5 with three homers and five RBI's. Haynes also had three hits and two RBI's while five other Cougars had two hits.
 

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
  • After the slugfest in the opener, game two of the twinbill featured a pitchers' duel between Gavin Harris and Bethel's Sullivan Swingley.
  • Harris surrendered one run to the Pilots in the first inning before shutting the visitors out over the next four frames. Meanwhile, Swingley gave up a run in the second inning – the only run he allowed through the first five innings.
  • With the score tied 1-1 in the top of the sixth inning, Bethel's Eli MacDonald hit a two-run home run to give the Pilots a 3-1 lead.
  • The Cougars got some two-out magic in the home half of the sixth. Haynes started the rally with a base hit to centerfield. The inning was extended by a Pilot error, moving runners to second and third. Following an intentional walk to load the bases, Kitchen delivered what would prove to be the game-winning hit, a bases clearing double to put SAU in front 4-3.
  • Harris pitched 5.2 innings allowing three runs on six hits while striking out five batters. Brant Mullins earned the win on the mound and Vincent Herschberger picked up his NAIA-best ninth save of the season.
 

UP NEXT
Spring Arbor and Bethel will conclude their four-game series with a doubleheader on Monday, Apr. 12 starting at 1 p.m. from Hank Burbridge Field.

 
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