CARY, N.C.—The Hobart College baseball team scored four runs in the top of the first inning, but William Peace University rallied late to score a 9-5 win over the Statesmen in their season opener.
Graduate student
Michael Whiteherse led off the game with a double on what proved to be a two-hit night. He also posted a pair of stole bases in his first game for Hobart. On the hill, first-year right-hander
Alex Marancik gave the Statesmen a quality start, pitching six innings, scattering nine hits and allowing only one unearned run.
Brett Kemp went 4-for-4 to lead the Pacers while Cameron Butler went 3-for-5 with three RBIs.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After Whiteherse's leadoff double, junior Alex Morse singled to left and junior Ty Gallagher drew a walk to load the bases. First-year Isaiah Pinto earned Hobart's first RBI of the season with another walk.
- First-year Jackson Fowle singled to right to drive in another run.
- With one out, first-year Jeremy Sanchez reached on a fielder's choice and Gallagher scored to make it 3-0.
- First-year Christian Petry made it a 4-0 game, with a single that sent Fowle home from second.
- WPU got on the board in the bottom of the third, taking advantage of a Hobart error.
- The Pacers took the lead with a five-run seventh, including a three-run double by Butler.
- William Peace tacked on four more runs in the eighth to build a comfortable 9-4 lead.
- Peyton Howard retired the Statesmen in order in the top of the ninth to close out the win.
FOR THE RECORD
- Hobart 1-0
- William Peace 2-5
UP NEXT
- The Statesmen have a quick turnaround, taking on Dean College Sunday, March 5 at 10 a.m. followed by a rematch with the Pacers at 1:30 p.m.