RICHMOND, Ind. – The Earlham College baseball team swept Hanover College on Sunday to improve to 4-0 in conference play for the first time since 2022. 

GAME ONE: EARLHAM 12 HANOVER 6

Kyle Jeffries opened game one with six innings pitched, three earned runs and five strikeouts. Garret Odey earned his second save of the weekend with three innings pitched, three earned runs and one strikeout. 

Jackson McFarland hit two home runs in his first two at bats of the day, and accounted for three RBI, four runs scored and earned three walks. Mitchell Roether, who went 6-7 with seven RBI yesterday, was intentionally walked twice, and went 1-2 with one run scored. Austin Dick was 3-6 with his first career home run, and five RBI. 

After a leadoff single by Sean Jeffries, McFarland launched his first homer of the day for two runs in the bottom of the first inning. 

The Panthers scored a run in the top of the second inning, and McFarland hit his second homer into an unlucky SUV parked outside of center field to begin the bottom of the third inning. Austin Dick then hit a two-run shot over the Maroon Monster in his second plate appearance of the day. 

Hanover hit a solo shot in the top of the fourth inning to bring the score to 5-2. 

Jeffries hit a two-out single in the bottom of the fourth inning, and the Panthers gave McFarland and Roether both a free base to set up a two-run single by Dick that bounced off the Monster. 

Leading 7-3, Chris Barnett led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a double into the left-center gap. Jeffries then hit a sacrifice fly for the first run of the inning, and Dick came to the plate with bases loaded after more intentional walks for McFarland and Roether. Dick laced a one-run single into left field, and Noah Rosato hit a sacrifice fly for a 10-3 Quaker lead. 

Jonathan Jimenez posted his first home run of the season with a two-run shot to left field to cap off the scoring for the Quakers. 

GAME TWO: EARLHAM 12 HANOVER 1 (7 Innings)

Lane Willoughby earned his first career win in game two, tossing 6.2 innings with one run allowed on six hits with two strikeouts. Braeden Lewis faced the final batter of the game with a strikeout on five pitches.

McFarland went 2-3 in game two with a homer and a double, four RBI and two runs scored. Roether was walked three times and scored one run. Jeffries earned three hits with three runs scored and one RBI. 

Jeffries led off the bottom of the first inning with a single up the middle, and advanced on a free base for Jimenez. McFarland then got the scoring started with an RBI-double to right field. Noah Wagster brought Jimenez home for a 2-0 lead, and Evan Duncan earned an RBI on a bases-loaded walk.

After batting around the order in the bottom of the first, Earlham came swinging in the second inning with a two-run home run by McFarland to give the Quakers a 5-0 lead. 

Barnett led off the bottom of the third inning with a triple, and scored on a double by Jeffries. Wagster then tallied another RBI on a sacrifice fly with one out. 

Wagster hit an RBI-single in the bottom of the fifth inning before Max Firestine scored his second hit of the day for a two-run double to left field. 

Leading 10-0 in the bottom of the sixth, McFarland brought Jeffries home on a sacrifice fly. Dick then tacked on a final run with an RBI-single to center field.

Trailing 12-0, the Panthers scored on run on two hits in the top of the seventh inning. 

The Quakers currently sit tied with Transylvania at 4-0 in conference play after the opening weekend. Earlham is slated to play again next weekend at Franklin College for a three-game series starting at noon on Saturday.