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Wooster 13, Ohio Wesleyan 7
Wooster 11, Ohio Wesleyan 1

Senior shortstop D.J. Neff (Grove City) plated a run to cap a 3-run seventh inning that brought Ohio Wesleyan within 5-4, but Wooster scored 8 runs during the seventh and eighth frames to pull away in the opener of a North Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader on Wednesday in Wooster.

In the nightcap, Neff and junior first baseman Dillon Ysseldyke (Hilliard/Bradley) belted back-to-back doubles to give the Bishops an early lead, but the Fighting Scots scored the last 11 runs of the game to complete the sweep.

Wooster took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning of the opener when Dean Brown led off with a home run and Andrew McGowan cracked a 2-run homer later in the inning.

Sophomore outfielder Sammy Stoner (Dublin/Jerome) and Neff opened the top of the sixth with singles and Ysseldyke lofted a sacrifice fly to put Ohio Wesleyan on the board, but Wooster countered with 2 runs in the bottom of the inning.

The top of the seventh saw the Bishops load the bases with nobody out on a single by freshman catcher Alex Snyder (Massillon/Jackson) and walks to freshman second baseman Jack Bates (Westerville/South) and sophomore third baseman Noah Brazytis (Euclid/Cleveland St. Ignatius).  Junior outfielder Ryan Stefancin (Cleveland/North Ridgeville) followed with a single to score Snyder, and Stoner walked to force home Bates before Neff's sacrifice fly plated Brazytis.  Ysseldyke followed with a single to reload the bases, but Wooster reliever Christian Johnston induced an inning-ending double play off the bat of freshman catcher Zane Vitense (Maple Grove, Minn.).

The Fighting Scots answered with 4 runs in the bottom of the inning, highlighted by a bases-loaded triple by Colin Leslie, and added 4 more runs in the eighth as John Panstares hit a 2-run homer.

Stoner went 2-for-4 for Ohio Wesleyan, while junior outfielder Edrick Padilla (Salinas, P.R./Perkiomen (Pa.) School) was 2-for-5.  Freshman righthander Parker Tomlin (Atlanta, Ga./Westerville (Ohio) Central) was the starting and losing pitcher for the Bishops.

Ohio Wesleyan took the lead in the first inning of the nightcap as Neff lined a 2-out double to right center and Ysseldyke followed with a double to right center.

Wooster pushed across 3 runs in the third with the help of a run-scoring triple by Leslie and an RBI double by Eli Westrick.  The hosts added single tallies in the third and fifth frames before ending the game with 6 runs in the bottom of the seventh, getting bases-loaded walks by Ryan Kramer and Jack Whitehouse sandwiched around a hit batsman before Westrick's walk-off, 2-run single.

Neff was 2-for-3 for the Bishops.  Freshman righthander Hank Holman (Twinsburg) was the starting and losing pitcher for Ohio Wesleyan. 

Box Score - Game 1
Box Score - Game 2