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Nate Demchak
Erynn Daubenmire
3
Westminster WES 10-14
14
Winner Hiram HIR 12-11
Westminster WES
10-14
3
Final
14
Hiram HIR
12-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Westminster WES 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 2
Hiram HIR 0 1 2 1 3 6 1 0 X 14 18 0

W: J. Koces (3-2) L: Parker, Dwight (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Titans downed at Hiram

HIRAM, Ohio--The Westminster College baseball team suffered a 14-3 non-conference loss to Hiram College Wednesday afternoon at Fishel Field at Proverbs Park. 

Hiram improved to 12-11 while Westminster fell to 10-14. 

Eight players combined for nine hits Wednesday for the Titans. Sophomore first baseman Nicholas Vitale (New Castle, Pa., Union) went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Freshman center fielder Nate Demchak (Monroeville, Pa., Gateway) doubled in the second while junior Derek Beach (Titusville, Pa., Titusville) delivered a pinch hit RBI base hit in the eighth. 

Nine different pitchers were used. Junior righty Dwight Parker (Youngstown, Ohio, Liberty), Wednesday's starter, took the loss and fell to 0-2 on the season. He allowed three runs on five hits with three strikeouts in three innings. 

Jacob Koces ran his record to 3-2 with the win. He allowed two runs on seven hits with a strikeout in seven innings of work. Hiram pounded out 18 hits Wednesday. Matthew Trimble went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored. Ethan Lyke was 3-for-5 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored. 

Westminster snagged a 2-0 lead in the second on back-to-back RBI singles by Vitale and freshman second baseman DJ Donatelli (Hermitage, Pa., Hickory). Hiram scored the bottom half of the next six innings to go up 14-2. Beach's run-scoring single closed out the scoring.

Westminster hosts Saint Vincent College Saturday. The first pitch of the scheduled doubleheader is slated for 1 p.m. 
 
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