HUNTINGTON -ÊThe Manchester College baseball team traveled to Huntington College Wednesday and took home a 10-5 win.
Manchester jumped out to an early 5-0 lead after one inning of play and continued to dominate offensively. The Spartans produced 10 runs on 17 hits in the victory.
Blake Collinsworth led the Manchester squad by going 3 for 4 at the plate with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored. Jeff Meyer and Darren Reed each went 3 for 5.
Manchester is now 11-10 on the season.
MANCHESTER 10, HUNTINGTON 5
Manchester 500 200 210 - 10 17 1
Huntington 002 300 000 - 5 10 2
WP -ÊTony Hardiman (3.2 IP, 5R, 3ER, 8H, 2K, 0BB), Tom Davidson (W, 2.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 1K), Justin Libey (2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K), Joel Barrus (1.0 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 0K); Britton
LP -ÊAkers (2.0 IP, 7H, 5R, 2ER, 0BB, 2K), Bailey (5.0 IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 3K), LeBeau (2.0 IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K); Dieringer
Manchester leaders -ÊCraig Hersey 2 for 5, R, SB; Jeff Meyer 3 for 5, 2R; Trevor Haley 2 for 5, R, RBI; Blake Collinsworth 3 for 4 2R, 2RBI, 2B; Darren Reed 3 for 5, 1R, 2 RBI; Joel Barrus 1 for 5, R, 2SB; Nick Chaney 1 for 2, 2RBI, 3B; Jeff Hartzell 1 for 4, RBI; Scott Long 1 for 4.
Golf
Grace Takes Sixth
Wednesday in Upland
Grace College's men's golf team placed sixth in Wednesday's eight-team MCC match at Walnut Creek Golf Course in Upland.
Marian won the match and tiebreaker with a 313 and was followed by Indiana Wesleyan (313) and Taylor (319). Grace shot 326.
Indiana Wesleyan's Kyle Chin won medalist honors with a 73. Jon Nixon's 78 led Grace (2-5).
Grace's next match is Saturday at Norwood Golf Club in Huntington.
MCC MATCH
Team scores -Ê1. Marian 313, 2. Indiana Wesleyan 313, 3. Taylor 319, 4. Bethel 319, 5. St. Francis 323, 6. Grace 326, 7. Goshen 329, 8. Huntington 344
Top individuals - 1. Kyle Chin (IWU) 73, 2. Mark Foster (Marian) 74, 3. James Fisher (St. Francis) 75
Grace - Jon Nixon 78, Dan Harney 81, Darren Parker 82, Blake Shook 85, Matt Stoltzfus 88, Pete Gross 92