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GROVE CITY COLLEGE WOLVERINES
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5
Westminster WES 9-19, 6-11 P-A-C
6
Winner Grove City GRO 14-16, 11-9 P-A-C
Westminster WES
9-19, 6-11 P-A-C
5
Final
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Grove City GRO
14-16, 11-9 P-A-C
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Westminster WES 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 12 3
Grove City GRO 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 9 2

W: Bell, Phil (2-1) L: Salmen (4-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Hurts So Good - Wolverines win on HBP

GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College baseball team completed a season sweep of longtime rival Westminster by earning a 6-5, 10-inning home victory Saturday afternoon in Presidents' Athletic Conference play at Jack Behringer Field.

Grove City loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the 10th when Westminster reliever Nate McMaster hit sophomore second baseman Bobby Dulay (Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline) with an 0-2 pitch, bringing home senior right fielder Nolan Myers (Landisville, Pa./Hempfield) with the winning run.

Myers opened the inning with a walk, then moved to second on a single by senior catcher Andy Fritz (Saxonburg, Pa./Knoch). Senior shortstop David Laylock (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pine-Richland) followed with a sacrifice bunt that Westminster mishandled, loading the bases. 

Westminster carried a 3-0 lead into the fifth inning but Grove City rallied to take its first lead of the game. After Laylock singled in Myers, Fritz came home on a groundout by junior center fielder Tyler Graham (Vandergrift, Pa./Kiski Area). Senior first baseman Matt Waugaman (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) followed with a two-run double that scored Laylock and sophomore third baseman Micah Burke (Gilbert, Ariz./E.V.A.C.).

Westminster tied the game in the sixth on Ty Ferlin's solo home run but Waugaman singled in Graham in the seventh, putting Grove City ahead 5-4. Westminster again tied the game in the eighth. 

In the top of the 10th, Westminster loaded the bases with one out but sophomore reliever Phil Bell (Poland, Ohio/Heartland Christian) recorded a pair of forceouts to end the threat. 

Bell, Grove City's fourth pitcher of the afternoon, earned the win after working 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Senior Ben Finlan (State College, Pa./State College) started and yielded three earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Freshman Corey Thomas (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) allowed one run in his inning while senior Jimmy Palmer (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley) pitched two innings of relief. Palmer allowed one run.

Fritz had a season-high three hits in five at-bats, including a double. In 20 conference games, Waugaman has 22 runs batted in. Dulay is hitting .333 in league play. Grove City opened the weekend series Friday with Westminster by sweeping a doubleheader in New Wilmington, 6-0 and 15-3.

Grove City (14-16, 11-9 PAC) will visit Thomas More for a single conference game Wednesday afternoon in Crestview Hills, Ky.
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