Sewanee, Tenn. - DePauw grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first at Sewanee, but the hosts scored four in the fourth and five in the fifth to gain control on the way to a 16-6 win in eight innings. DePauw dropped to 3-3, while Sewanee improved to 9-2.
Grady Johnson gave DePauw the lead in the first with a single that scored
Aidan Howard before
Carter Knoll drove in
Max Bond with a ground out.
Sewanee's Will Jennewein hit a two-run homer in the fourth to even the score before Zach Fortman drove in Tyler Pinson with a single and Fortman later scored on a passed ball to give the hosts a 4-2 lead.
Pinson's single in the fifth plated Ethan Williams and Fortman tripled with the bases loaded to make it 8-2. Sebastian Leinberger wrapped up the scoring in the fifth with a sacrifice fly that scored Fortman.
Sewanee extended the lead to 11-2 with single runs in the sixth and seventh innings before the Tigers struck for four in the eighth.
Aidan Howard reached on a fielder's choice that allowed
Drew Straub to score and
Cooper Davis came home on a wild pitch. Johnson's grounder brought home
Tyler Walkey before Knoll drove home Howard with a ground out.
Sewanee won the game with the run-rule in the bottom of the frame as Leinberger cleared the bases with a double and scored on Charlie Teel's single.
Johnson and Knoll each had two of DePauw's eight hits, while Teel and Fortman each had three of Sewanee's 17. Leinberger, Williams, Jennewein, Pinson and John Bagwell finished with two apiece.
Jamison Lewis dropped to 0-2 with the loss, while Ben Weiser improved to 2-0.
DePauw returns to action on Saturday, March 8, with a Noon doubleheader against Manchester at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis.
