BASEBALL
The Hope College baseball team went pitch-for-pitch with Adrian College in Game 1 of the MIAA Tournament championship series before falling, 6-5, in 13 innings on Wednesday.
It was the longest game in MIAA Tournament history.
Second-seeded Hope (25-14) must win twice at top-seeded Adrian (31-7) on Thursday, May 20 to earn the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Game 2 begins at 3 p.m, with Game 3, if necessary, following at approximately 6 p.m.
Adrian walked it off with one out in the bottom of the 13th on pinch-hitter AJ Miranda’s bases-loaded single off reliever Sean Hoey (2-1). The loss snapped the Flying Dutchmen’s 14-game winning streak.
Winning pitcher Jacob Hanoian (1-0) held Hope scoreless over the final 4 ⅓ innings. He struck out three and allowed one base runner.
The Bulldogs denied the Flying Dutchmen’s bid to win the game in the ninth with a leadoff walk, a wild pitch, and a single from Tristin Richardson, the second batter of the inning.
Hope seized a 5-4 lead in the eighth on a solo home run from shortstop Brant Kym (Libertyville, Illinois / Libertyville). It was Kym’s third homer of the season.
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