May 7, 2010
Bethany nips Grove City
BETHANY, W. Va. -- The Grove City College baseball team dropped to 9-7 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference Friday afternoon with a 7-6 setback at Bethany in conference action at Bethany Park.
Bethany (20-15, 6-10 PAC) took the lead with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh against senior pitcher Mike Herringshaw (Chardon, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin). Grove City had runners on base in each of its final two at bats but had runners doubled off in both innings.
Grove City (16-17) jumped out to a 5-0 lead by scoring in each of the first three innings. In the first, junior catcher Marcus Magister (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) lofted a sacrifice fly and junior shortstop Andrew Patterson (Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) followed with a run-scoring single.
Magister's RBI single in the second inning pushed the lead to 4-0. Senior first baseman Tyler Thompson (Lee, Maine/Lee Academy) roped a run-scoring single in the third to drive in the fifth run of the game.
Magister went 3 for 4 with three runs batted in while Patterson and junior center fielder Dan Quirk (Schuylerville, N.Y./Schuylerville) both singled twice. Junior second baseman Scott Moran (Columbia, Md./Chapelgate Christian) scored three runs.
Herringshaw allowed two earned runs in 6 2/3 innings. He allowed 12 hits and struck out three. Herringshaw took the defeat and is now 9-3. Freshman Zach Butler (Massillon, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian) recorded the final four outs in relief.
Grove City will be the No. 3 seed in next weekend's PAC Championship Tournament. Bethany is contention for the fourth and final berth in the tournament. The Bison and Waynesburg are both 6-10 in the league. Westminster is 6-9.
Grove City hosts Bethany Saturday in a PAC doubleheader at 1 p.m. at R. Jack Behringer Field.
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