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Raider Baseball Swept By Student Princes

Mount Union College (16-9, 7-3 OAC) was defeated by Heidelberg (22-5, 8-2 OAC) on Monday, April 14 in Tiffin, Ohio. The Student Princes took game one 5-4 (11 innings) and won the second game 9-4.

In game one, the Raiders would get an early start scoring four runs in the top of the first. Freshman/shortstop Craig Knott was awarded first base after being hit. Senior/catcher Jon Schulz singled to right field allowing Knott to advance to second. Sophomore/first baseman Cory Slaybaugh then singled to right field, scoring Knott. Junior/third baseman Nate McFarland walked. Freshman/designated hitter Dan Henderson would double, scoring Schulz, Slaybaugh, and McFarland to end the top of the first 4-0.

Heidelberg would respond in the bottom of the third inning to make the score 4-1. The Student Princes would then even the contest 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh, forcing the game to go into extra innings. Then in the bottom of the 11th inning Heidelberg's Andrew Buelow doubled down the right field line, scoring the winning run.

Individually, the Raiders were led by Henderson who was 3-5 with three RBI and Slaybaugh who finished 2-5 with an RBI. On the mound, starter Paul Mariotti went 6.2 innings of work with six strikeouts while Erik Miller took the loss in relief.

 

In game two, Heidelberg jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead and never looked back winning 9-4. Mount Union did rally for three runs in the top of the six highlighted by third baseman Nate McFarland's two RBI single.

Offensively the Raiders were led by freshman/outfielder Greg Ferrell who went 2-4, and McFarland who was 1-3. Starting Pitcher Brett Thomas (4-1) suffered his first loss of the year.

As a team, Mount Union was held to just four hits on the day, while Heidelberg scored nine runs on 14 hits.

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Players Mentioned

Nate McFarland

#31 Nate McFarland

IF
Sophomore
Erik Miller

#47 Erik Miller

P
Freshman
Jon Schulz

#48 Jon Schulz

C
Junior
Cory Slaybaugh

#28 Cory Slaybaugh

IF
Freshman
Brett Thomas

#18 Brett Thomas

P
Sophomore
Paul Mariotti

#17 Paul Mariotti

P
5' 11"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Nate McFarland

#31 Nate McFarland

Sophomore
IF
Erik Miller

#47 Erik Miller

Freshman
P
Jon Schulz

#48 Jon Schulz

Junior
C
Cory Slaybaugh

#28 Cory Slaybaugh

Freshman
IF
Brett Thomas

#18 Brett Thomas

Sophomore
P
Paul Mariotti

#17 Paul Mariotti

5' 11"
Senior
P