Box Score

The Carthage College baseball team (2-2, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked ninth in the March 2 “D3baseball.com” poll, came up on the short end of a 14-10 donnybrook with No. 2 the College of Wooster (2-0) on Monday, March 8 at North Charlotte Regional Park in North Port, Fla. 

Pitcher Dave Foss (0-1) started for Carthage and worked the first two and two-thirds innings. Andy Pucher entered the game in the third, Matt Martinski in the seventh and Chadd Ori in the ninth. Carthage pitchers hit seven Wooster batters and walked six, while the Red Men defense committed six errors. Joey Aiello went two-for-four with a home run and two RBI. Zach Kozlowski went two-for-four with an RBI, and Trevor Whately hit a three-run triple. 

“Sandwiched around some terrible baseball, we hit the ball well against some quality pitching,” said Carthage coach Augie Schmidt IV. “Everything else was terrible.” On Wednesday, March 10, the Red Men take on Muskingum University (2-2) in a 1:30 p.m., EST contest at North County Regional Park, with pitcher Chris Krepline scheduled to make his first appearance since April 5, 2008.