"We played two tough teams this weekend," said Wabash baseball coach Tom Flynn. "We accomplished all of our goals except beating Thomas More. We played hard, we were aggressive, and we gave ourselves chances to win in every game this weekend."
The Little Giants were missing the one key hit in game one, stranding a total of eight runners on base in the ball game. Catcher Jake Knott (Lafayette, IN/Jefferson) continued his hot weekend hitting, going 2-for-2 at the plate with an RBI double in the third inning for Wabash. Knott finished the weekend hitting .571, going 8-for-14 from the plate with eight RBIs. He had a slugging percentage of 1.071, hitting four doubles and one homerun.
Game two saw the Little Giants nearly tie the game at 1-1 in the third inning. Trailing 1-0 with runners on second and third, outfielder Jake Martin (Rushville, IN/Rushville) hit a bouncer up the middle that the Saints' shortstop elected to throw home. The bang-bang play at the plate went the way of the Saints as Garrett Alson (Rnesselaer, IN/Rensselaer Central was tagged out on the play.
Thomas More went on to score three runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 5-0 lead before the Little Giants cut into the lead. Wabash came up with two runs in the sixth with a bases-loaded, two-out single by senior Phil McCaulay (Ft. Wayne, IN/Ft. Wayne Southside). But two more runs by the Saints in the top of the seventh made it a 6-2 final.
Wabash (8-22) will travel to Springfield, OH on Tuesday afternoon for a rescheduled North Coast Athletic Conference game against Wittenberg at 4 p.m.
On Wednesday afternoon the Little Giants will play Franklin College at Victory Field in Indianapolis in a single nine-inning game starting at 3 p.m.
Thomas More 8, Wabash 2 - Box Score
Thomas More 6, Wabash 2 - Box Score