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Oberlin 11, Ohio Wesleyan 3
Ohio Wesleyan 17, Oberlin 10

Senior first baseman Luigi Russo (Kelowna, B.C./Rutland Senior) slammed 2 home runs to power Ohio Wesleyan past Oberlin in the nightcap of a North Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader on Saturday in Oberlin.

In the opener, Russo drove in a run to put the Bishops on the scoreboard, but the Yeomen went on to take the win.

Trailing, 1-0, after the first inning of the nightcap, the Bishops pushed across 6 runs in the second to take the lead for good.  Junior outfielder Max Pershin (Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech College Prep) and senior first baseman Izaiah Withrow (Carroll/Bloom-Carroll) were hit by pitches to open the inning, and senior shortstop Colin Spranger (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) followed with a bunt single to load the bases.  Sophomore outfielder Edrick Padilla (Salinas, P.R./Perkiomen (Pa.) School) and freshman shortstop Josh Ferreira (Raynham, Mass./Portsmouth Abbey (R.I.) delivered RBI singles to give the Bishops the lead, and senior catcher Ralph Good (Marble, Colo./Roaring Fork) lofted a fly ball to score Spranger.  One out later, senior outfielder Davis Graham (Canton/Massillon Jackson) singled to reload the bases and junior second baseman D.J. Neff (Grove City) drew a walk to force home Padilla.  Pershin then delivered a 2-run single to plate Graham and Ferreira.

Russo smashed a grand slam in the third to increase the Bishop lead to 10-2, and Ohio Wesleyan added 2 runs in the fourth with the help of Good's bases-loaded walk and 2 more in the fifth, with Ferreira contributing a sacrifice fly.

Russo led off the top of the sixth with a homer down the rightfield line, making him the first Ohio Wesleyan player to homer twice in a game since May 1, 2019, when Zack Stiteler went deep twice at Hiram.

Russo went 5-for-7 with 5 RBI, and Graham was 3-for-7, with both players tying the Ohio Wesleyan single-game record for at-bats.  Pershin was 2-for-4 with 3 RBI, and Spranger and Padilla each scored 4 runs.

Sophomore righthander Jason Monos (Amherst/Steele) scattered 4 hits over the last 5.2 innings to record the win.

William Kennedy was the starting and losing pitcher for Oberlin.

The opener saw the Yeomen erupt for 5 first-inning runs as Jake Freed drilled a 2-run double and Max Anastasio doubled home another run.

Ohio Wesleyan chipped away at the deficit, with Russo singling in a run in the fourth and Neff plating a run in the seventh to make it a 6-2 game, but the Yeomen answered with 5 runs in the bottom of the seventh, capped by Chris Wolfe's 2-run homer.

Russo was 2-for-3 for Ohio Wesleyan.  Senior righthander Gavin Pulliam (Franklin, Tenn.) was the starting and losing pitcher for the Bishops.

Vince Dolcemaschio pitched the first 6.0 innings to collect the win for Oberlin, and Jacob Thompson worked the final 3.0 innings to record a save.

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