Junior Jon Horne (Cincinnati, OH/St. Xavier) threw 11 innings of seven-hit baseball, giving up only one earned run while striking out eight. He gave way to freshman Jared Tarney (Ft. Wayne, IN/Bishop Dwenger) in the 12th. Tarney earned the win after allowing only one hit in two innings. Tarney struck out three.
Wabash took a 2-1 lead in the second inning when senior Dan Matusik (Highland, IN/Highland) laced a two-run single down the left field line, scoring Phil Ramos (SO/Zillah, WA/Zillah) and Chris Sides (SO/Brownsburg, IN/Brownsburg). The Quakers tied the score in the fifth before Pompeo's heroics in the 13th.
Sides walked to open the inning, then moved to third when Ramos doubled. Sides was thrown out at the plate on a fielder's choice on the next play, putting runners on the corners for the Little Giants wiht one out. Pompeo grabbed the game-winning RBI in the next at bat, giving Wabash its 13th victory of the season.
Wabash scored two runs in the opening inning of game two, then took a 3-0 lead with a run in the third when Bill Goff (JR/Brownsburg, IN/Brownsburg) hit a solo home run. The Little Giants would add another five runs in the seventh inning.
That would be all the runs that sophomore pitcher Travis Moore (Crawfordsville, IN/Crawfordsville) would need. Moore earned the complete game victory, striking out nine batters in seven innings while holding the Quakers to three hits and one walk in the contest.
Goff finished the game with three RBIs on three hits. Senior Mike Mack (Butler, IN/Eastside) went 2-for-2 from the plate with and RBI and two walks.
Wabash (14-23, 4-10 NCAC West) will conclude its North Coast Athletic Conference Western Division season on Sunday with a doubleheader at 2 p.m. against Earlham.
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