Richmond, IN – The Oberlin College baseball team led by three going into the bottom of the ninth but the Earlham College Quakers rallied for four runs to walk-off with a 13-12 victory on Saturday night.
 
Oberlin closer Ian Ashby walked three of the first four batters he faced and Andrew Bradley delivered a bases-clearing double down the left field line to tie it before Reece Zonts roped a single to right field to win it.
 
Earlham led 2-0 after three innings but the Yeomen took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth. Max Anastasio plated the Yeomen's first run with opposite-field single to right field and some sloppy defense by the Quakers allowed two more runs to come across.
 
Unfortunately, Oberlin gifted those runs right back as Earlham produced four hits in the home half of the fourth but a costly error and a balk resulted in three of its four runs in the inning to score to make it 6-3 Quakers.
 
Oberlin trimmed the lead down to one in the sixth as Chris Wolfe doubled to right field to score Anastasio and Wolfe would later score on a wild pitch. The Yeomen followed with a four-run seventh that featured a two-run single to center by Max Cairo but Earlham answered with a pair in the bottom of the frame to trim the Yeomen advantage down to 9-8.
 
The Yeomen's bombardment of the Earlham bullpen continued in the eighth as Jacob Thompson lifted a sacrifice fly to center before Anatasio belted a two-run single to make it 12-8.
 
Unfortunately, Earlham scratched one across in the bottom of the eighth before erupting for the walk-off win in the ninth.
 
Vince Dolcemaschio worked the front five innings on the mound, striking out six while allowing just three earned runs and three walks.
 
The Yeomen out-hit the Quakers 13-10, led by Alex Vaughan and Anastasio as they each had three hits in the setback.
 
These same two teams will run it back tomorrow with a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 11 a.m.