Adrian College baseball takes part in NCAA Division III tournament

BEREA, Ohio — The third-seeded Adrian College baseball team is in the driver's seat of the NCAA Division III regional at Baldwin Wallace after dominating No. 4 Penn State Behrend on Saturday, 12-1.

Jaxon Clark had an impressive outing on the mound, going 6.2 innings and giving up a run, on four hits and four walks while striking out six.

By the time Clark gave up the run, the damage was done by the Bulldogs at the plate.

Nic Bruder hit his second home run of the tournament as he went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs while David Kedrow went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two doubles, Joe Casale had two hits with a double, two runs and an RBI and Rolando Jimenez had two hits with a double and two RBIs. Ryan Davis had two hits with two RBIs.

The Bulldogs play Catholic at 11 a.m. Sunday in Game 1 of the championship series. If the Cardinals win, Game 2 will be played 45 minutes following the conclusion of Game 1.

Adrian knocked off No. 2 Catholic, 5-2, to begin play on Friday.

Jakob Charles worked his way through six innings, giving up two runs, on nine hits and a walk while striking out five. Adrian rallied in the top of the eighth for three runs to take 4-2 lead and added an insurance home run from Bruder in the ninth.

Davis went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI while Casale went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs and Bruder finished with two hits as well.

Lincoln Lipinski (Onsted) got the win as he tossed a 1-2-3 seventh inning with a strikeout before getting two outs in the eighth. Luc St. Antoine got the four-out save with a bases loaded strikeout in the eighth.

The Bulldogs play fourth-seeded Penn State Behrend at noon Saturday after Behrend knocked off top-seeded Baldwin Wallace, 10-4.

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