MISHAWAKA, Ind. – The Bethel College baseball team secured their first Crossroads League victory of the season behind a dominant starting pitching performance from Kory Goodrich, who went 8-plus innings of scoreless ball, while Jesse Zepeda delivered the big blow with a three-run home run in the sixth inning to power the Pilots to a victory over Indiana Wesleyan 5-0.
GAME VITALS
- Score: Bethel def. Indiana Wesleyan 5-0
- Records: Bethel (9-8, 1-0) | Indiana Wesleyan (13-8, 0-1)
- NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll: Bethel – not rated | Indiana Wesleyan – not rated
- Location: Jenkins Stadium | Bethel College | Mishawaka, Ind.
STAT TRACKER
- Jesse Zepeda: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 1 R
- Collin Affolder: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 R
- Mike Wathier: 0-3, SF, 1 RBI
- Luke Adams: 1-3, 1 R
- Kory Goodrich: 8 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 11 K
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- The Pilots got out of a second inning jam, with the bases loaded and one out, getting a strike out and a ground out to end the inning to preserve a scoreless game.
- Kory Goodrich notched career-highs with 146 pitches, getting 11 strikeouts to four bases on balls.
- The Pilots tallied their 14th home run of the season with a Jesse Zepeda three-run bomb on the first pitch he saw in the sixth inning, to match their season total of round-trippers from last season.
- The Pilots racked up another inning with at least 4 runs, to up their season total to 16 at bats to put up at least four runs on the board.
NEXT TIME OUT
- The Pilots rematch against Indiana Wesleyan on Saturday, March 17 with a double-header starting at 12pm.
The Pilots compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. The Bethel College Athletic Department earned the NAIA Champion of Character Five-Star Gold Institution and produced 17 NAIA Scholar-Teams last season. While accumulating 3 NAIA National Championships and 33 NCCAA National Championships by 10 different athletic teams, Bethel has also produced 143 NAIA All-American honors and 309 NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors over the past decade. Bethel College is an accredited Christian college offering associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in more than 70 areas of study.
FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Indiana Wesleyan (13-8, 0-1 CL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Bethel College (9-8, 1-0 CL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Mishawaka, IN Jenkins Stadium |
INDIANA WESLEYAN | PITCHING | BETHEL COLLEGE |
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– | Winner | Goodrich, Kory |
Young, Jon | Loser | – |
– | Save | – |
INDIANA WESLEYAN | INDV. STATS | BETHEL COLLEGE |
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#27 West, Brady | Doubles | None |
None | Triples | None |
None | Home Runs | #9 Zepeda, Jesse |