Series Stats vs. Wooster (PDF)

Oberlin, Ohio – The Oberlin College baseball team scored just one run on Sunday afternoon as the visiting College of Wooster Fighting Scots downed the Yeomen 4-1 and 6-0 to complete the four-game series sweep.
 
Wooster will enter next weekend's NCAC Cross-over Series as the top seed in the east at 14-2 in conference play. Oberlin, which finished 5-11 in NCAC action, will travel to the yet-to-be-determined top seed in the West. Overall the Scots moved to 26-9 while the Yeomen fell to 13-24.
 
In game one Oberlin sophomore Sean Kiley was locked in a pitchers' duel with Michael Houdek until the Scots broke through with three runs in the sixth.
 
The two teams would trade single tallies in the first inning and little did anyone know at the time it would be the lone Yeomen run of the game.
 
The first two Wooster hitters of the game would reach and leadoff man Jake Fling would later score a double play groundout.  Sophomore Sam Harris would score Oberlin's run as he had an infield single and would score on a one-out single to right center by Ian Dinsmore.
 
A leadoff walk in the fourth snapped Kiley's streak as he retired eight in a row to that point, but it was all for naught as Joey Gilmore was left stranded.
 
However, the Yeomen offense couldn't get anything going either against Houdek as he allowed just two hits after the first in the four-hit complete-game victory.
 
In the sixth Kiley registered two quick outs, but a bad read in the outfield gifted Michael Wielansky with a two-out double and then Westlake, Ohio, native Jamie Lackner made the Yeomen pay the price as he sent a go-ahead RBI single back up the middle to put the Scots out in front for good.  Wooster followed with back-to-back RBI-doubles to increase its lead out to three.
 
Harris started the sixth with his second infield single of the game, but he was later erased on an inning-ending double play. Oberlin then went down 1-2-3 in the seventh.
 
Kiley was the ultimate tough-luck loser as he fell to 1-4 on the year. He went 5.2 innings, allowing the four runs on four hits and two walks. The Studio City, California, native also racked up three strikeouts as 55 of his 92 pitches went for strikes.
 
Houdek threw 56 strikes on 82 pitches to run his record to 6-2. He walked one and struck out two in the win.
 
In game two Wooster sophomore Nanak Saran silenced the Yeomen as he needed just 97 pitches to register 27 outs. Saran allowed five hits and struck out six without issuing a walk in the nine-inning masterpiece.
 
The Scots got two runs in each of the first two innings off Yeomen southpaw starter Kyle Dominy and that was more then enough on this day.
 
Dominy grinded his way through five innings, giving up nine hits and four walks. He struck out five, but all six of the Scots' runs were charged to his account.
 
Wielansky had an RBI in each of the first two innings. In the second, the Scots bottom three hitters in the lineup all singled to set up the two-run inning.
 
The Scots got their final two runs in the fifth as Dominy hung a breaking ball to Drew Tornow that he sent over the wall in right for a two-run blast.
 
Oberlin would use seven more pitchers out of the bullpen over the final four innings, including seniors Jesse Kohler and Kelby Spring, who were playing for the final time at Dill Field.
 
In the fourth Brian Carney and Dinsmore each had singles to put runners on the corners with one out, but Saran was able to work out of it. Jake Reynolds had a two-out double in the fifth that went by the wayside and it was the last time Oberlin had a man reach second base in the game.
 
The loss dropped Dominy's record back to 2-4, while Saran moved to 4-2.
 
Oberlin will wait to here its destination for the cross-over series next week as Denison has to make-up a doubleheader with Wabash on Tuesday. Be sure to check goyeo.com for the latest information.