MIDDLETOWN, CT. – The Wesleyan baseball team competed in a non-conference game on Dresser Diamond Tuesday afternoon, falling to the Mariners of Mitchell by a score of 13-3. The Mariners got off to a quick start, scoring the first six runs of the game, before Wesleyan managed to get one across in the bottom of the 5^th. The Cardinals finished with 12 hits on the night, two more than the Mariners, however walks and hit by pitches allowed Mitchell to push their 13 runs across. Mitchell continues their impressive start to the season, improving to 21-4. Wesleyan drops their 2^nd straight game, moving to 9-11 on the year.
 
HIGHLIGHTS:

• The Mariners got the bats going in the opening half-inning of this one, putting together two hits that pushed across two runs. Lelo Martinez drove them both in on a 2-run single through the left side and Mitchell had a 2-0 lead through one. The Cards threatened in the bottom half with two runners on, but couldn't push one across. Mitchell came back in the top of the 2^nd and delivered another run, this time on a sacrifice fly and the Mariners were up 3-0
• The two pitchers put together a scoreless 3^rd, but the bats for both teams got hot again in the middle innings. Mitchell scored once in the 4^th, then two more times in the 5^th to take their largest advantage at 6-0. Wesleyan fought back with one in the bottom half, with Christian Boudreau '25 coming through with a double down the right field line to get the Cards on the board, 6-1. Martinez delivered another big hit in the 6^th, this time a two-run double to left center and Mitchell had the lead back up to 8-1. Wesleyan salvaged another run in the bottom half on an Evan Diaz '25 RBI-single to trim it to 8-2 going into the 7^th
• A double play cut the momentum of a two-hit 7^th inning for the Cardinals and the game moved into the 8^th still 8-2. Mitchell continued to put together long at-bats, eventually leading to two more runs coming across in the 8^th via walks with the bases loaded, 10-2 Mariners. Wesleyan showed promise again in their half of the 8^th with runners on, but could only get one across on a Cole Torino '24 rip to right field. Mitchell added three more insurance runs in the top half of the 9th, as Wesleyan went down in order in the final frame to reach the final score of 13-3

 
NOTES:

• The Cardinals used nine pitchers in this one, each pitching one inning. Eddie Zanor '23 (1 IP, 1 BB, 3 K's) struck out the side in the 3^rd
• James Marsden '26 (3-for-4, 2 R) put together a career-high three hits
• Ernie Little '26 (2-for-4) and Diaz (2-for-4, RBI) joined him with multi-hit games. For Little, it is his 8^th two-hit game of the season
• Wesleyan outhit the Mariners 12-10 with both teams leaving double-digit baserunners on base

 
UP NEXT:
The Cardinals will compete in another non-conference game tomorrow, April 12^th, where they will travel to Massachusetts to compete against Westfield State starting at 4 pm.