
Brown Tops 'Cats in Series Opener
3/8/2024 8:18:00 PM | Baseball
With the loss, the Wildcats fell to 4-9, while Brown improved to 3-5.
Wilhoit's two-run blast in the seventh, followed by a Tyler Douglas RBI-single, cut the Brown lead to 7-6, but the Bears answered with seven runs in the eighth to regain control.
The Wildcats entered the ninth trailing 16-7 and made it interesting with six runs, including three on O'Shaughnessy's two-out blast to right that finalized the scoring.
Jacob Friend went 3-for-3 with two doubles and three walks, and Nick Calero also had three hits.
Jed Howard hit an RBI-triple in the third to start Davidson's scoring, and the Wildcats led 3-1 after three, but the Bears took over with a six-run fifth.
Starter Wilson Perkins (2-2) pitched the first 4.1 innings.
Up Next
The next game of the series will be played Saturday at 3 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jack Seppings (1-1)
L: Perkins, Wilson (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Mika Petersen 1 ; Mark Henshon 1 ; DJ Dillehay 1
3B: DJ Dillehay 1
RBI: Mika Petersen 3 ; Mark Henshon 1 ; DJ Dillehay 3 ; Brady Dever 2 ; Gunner Boree 2 ; Charles Crawford 1
SH: Andrew Hanlon 1
SF: Brady Dever 1 ; Charles Crawford 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mika Petersen 2 ; Mark Henshon 4 ; DJ Dillehay 2 ; Reece Rappoli 2 ; Nathan Brasher 2 ; Andrew Hanlon 2 ; Charles Crawford 2
SB: Mika Petersen 1
CS: Logan Meusy 1 ; Reece Rappoli 1
HBP: Andrew Hanlon 1
PO: Nathan Brasher 1

Batting:
2B: Friend, Jacob 2 ; Rice, Aidan 1
3B: Howard, Jed 1
HR: O'Shaughnessy, Michael 1 ; Wilhoit, Jake 1
RBI: Howard, Jed 1 ; Friend, Jacob 1 ; Putnam, Eli 3 ; O'Shaughnessy, Michael 4 ; Wilhoit, Jake 2 ; Douglas, Tyler 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Howard, Jed 3 ; Friend, Jacob 3 ; Putnam, Eli 1 ; O'Shaughnessy, Michael 1 ; Wilhoit, Jake 1 ; Calero, Nick 1 ; Douglas, Tyler 1 ; Cotrone, Jack 1 ; Rice, Aidan 1
CS: Friend, Jacob 1
HBP: Douglas, Tyler 1 ; Rice, Aidan 1
PO: Friend, Jacob 1