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Box Score 2 ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Mount Union's baseball team swept a pair of games from Wilmington 17-1 and 14-4 Saturday at 23rd Street Field in Alliance.
The Purple Raiders are now 22-10 overall and 8-8 in the OAC kept its OAC Tournament alive while Wilmington falls to 3-28 overall and 2-14 in the OAC.
Mount Union cranked out a combined 39 hits and 31 runs over the two games.
Senior Evan Knott (Canton/GlenOak) made his last home series a good one as he drove in nine runs off seven hits over the two games.
In game one, Mount Union scored runs in six of the eight innings they batted and ran out to an 11-0 lead in the game's first six innings on its way to the 17-1 win.
Eleven different Raiders had hits as Knott went 3-for-5 with four RBI and Sean Mohney (Lodi/Cloverleaf) drove in two runs on three hits to pace the offense.
Senior Zach Carlino (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) made his last home start and scattered seven hits over 7.0 innings and allowing just an unearned run while striking out six to get the win.
In game two, Wilmington score a run in the first for a 1-0 lead before Mount Union scored 13 unanswered runs over its first innings to take a commanding 13-1 lead and go on to the 14-4 win.
Knott drove in five runs on four hits including a pair of triples and Justin Jakubik (Strongsville/Strongsville) also had four hits and drove in three runs.
Sam Clarke (Strongsville/Strongsville) fanned five and allowed three runs on five hits over 6.0 innings to win his team-best sixth win of the season.
Mount Union closes out the regular season next Saturday at 1 pm at Otterbein in Westerville.
Mount Union 17, Wilmington 1 (Apr 26, 2014 at Alliance, Ohio) (Game 1)
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Wilmington.......... 000 000 100 - 1 8 1 (3-27, 2-13 OAC)
Mount Union......... 012 440 42X - 17 20 1 (21-10, 7-8 OAC)
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Pitchers: Wilmington - Corey Walker; Nathan Dean(4); Tommy Chamberlain(7); Roenick Whitney(8)
Weather: 64 F; 16 mph NW
Mount Union 14, Wilmington 4 (Apr 26, 2014 at Alliance, Ohio) (Game 2)
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Wilmington.......... 100 020 010 - 4 10 2 (3-28, 2-14 OAC)
Mount Union......... 273 101 00X - 14 19 1 (22-10, 8-8 OAC)
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Pitchers: Wilmington - Cole Voltz; Samuel Cranor(2); Billy Foster(5); McKale Stakely(8) and
Win-
Sam Clarke(6-2) Loss-Cole Voltz(1-3) T-2:30 A-105
Weather: 66 F Sunny; 20 mph NNW
Cranor faced 1 batter in the 5th.
