QUAKERS, WILSON WILL THEIR WAY TO VICTORY

SALEM, OH- The Quakers improved to 4-0 at Ray Reisbeck Field Wednesday night after rallying from a 3 run deficit to beat the Warriors 4-3.

Senior starter Adam Wilson went the distance for the Quakers giving up 3 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits while striking out 8 West Branch batters.

After West Branch took a 1 run lead in the second inning, they added 2 more in the 4th to stake a 3-0 lead. But the Quakers struck back in the bottom of the 4th to tie it at 3 after an RBI single by freshman Darius Beck and an error by the West Branch shortstop with the bases loaded that led to the 2nd and 3rd runs.

After getting into a little trouble in the 5th with runners on 1st and 2nd and only 1 out, Wilson got a ground ball out to get the lead runner at third and then a line drive that hit a West Branch runner in the foot ended the threat.

PHOTO CREDIT: GARY LEININGER

The Quakers would capitalize in the bottom of the 5th when sophomore Lane Rhodes blooped a base hit over the third baseman’s head and hustled out of the box to stretch it into a double. Wilson would help his own cause on the very next pitch as he lined a single to left field that scored Rhodes.

That would be the difference as Adam Wilson finished the deal over the next two innings to earn his third win in the EBC and bring the Quakers record to 4-5 overall and 3-3 in the EBC.

The Quakers are back in action Thursday as they travel to Canfield to take on the Cardinals at 5pm.

**Written and Contributed by Mike Debarr**