After managing only five hits in a 4-1 loss to Coe College in game one, the Wabash baseball team rallied for 15 hits in its 12-4 win in game two to improve to 4-4 for the week in Arizona.
The Little Giants answered the Kohawks' two-run fourth inning with a run in the bottom half of the inning in game one. Junior Billy King hit a ball to first base, but dove under the tag to reach safely before scoring when Jared Bogan doubled down the left field line. Coe added two more runs in the top half of the fifth to take the win.
John Thiry worked six innings to see his pitching record fall to 1-1 for the season. He spread seven hits and three hits over those innings while striking out five and giving up three earned runs. TJ Siple pitched an inning in relief, holding the Kohawks to one hit.
Travis Moore controlled game two on the mound to earn his first win of the season. The senior right-hander threw a complete game, keeping Coe in check with four strikeouts. He scattered nine hits and three walks in the victory.
The Little Giants scored two runs in the first inning when David Culp scored on a wild pitch after opening the game with a single. King scored the second run on a sacrifice fly by Bogan.
Wabash broke it open in the fourth win a seven-run inning. The first big blow came when pinch-hitter Chris Sides drilled a bases loaded, two out single to third that plated one run, then allowed a second to score when the Coe third baseman made an errant throw. King laced a single to left bringing home Culp for the third run of the innings. A double by Bogan brought pinch-runner JT Moore to the plate for the fourth run. Shaun Rico added the final big hit of the inning with a three-run homer to left to make it a 9-1 game. The Little Giants added two more runs in the sixth and one in the seventh to earn their fourth victory of their spring break trip.
King finished the game 5-for-5 from the plate. Rico was 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs. Scott Hamilton added a double and triple to the Wabash effort.
The Little Giants return to action Friday morning with a double header against Wisconsin Lutheran.