Box Score SEWANEE, Tenn. (Feb. 24, 2013) – A late offense surged lifted Earlham past the Sewanee baseball team, 7-4, Sunday at Montgomery Field.
Despite a pair of two-run innings in the first and eighth, the Tigers (4-1) could not overcome the Quakers (1-2) five runs over the final three innings.
Sewanee got on the board first when Jack Whaley scored off a bases loaded walk by Blake Williams.
The Tigers would go on and add another run when Earlham committed an error with one out in the bottom of the first.
After the Quakers tied the game 2-2 in the top of the fourth, Earlham added another pair of runs in the top of the seventh and eighth.
Sewanee did fight back in the bottom of the inning, after Michael Walker and James Snover started the frame with back-to-back walks.
After both players advanced on a wild pitch, Jack Rogers drove in two runs with two-RBI single.
From there, Earlham would add one more run and closer T.J. Plummer earned his first save after he forced three groundouts to end the game.
Rogers led the Sewanee offense with a 1-for-4, two RBI outing.
Sewanee will quickly return to action with a 2:00 p.m., mid-week contest Tuesday at Covenant College.
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