GAMBIER, Ohio – Scrambling around adverse weather to get a game played, the Kenyon College baseball team couldn't settle in long enough Saturday afternoon to solve Bryan Roberts, the Wabash College starting pitcher who controlled the game and allowed the Little Giants offense to run away with a 12-1 North Coast Athletic Conference win at McCloskey Field.

The two teams were supposed to play a doubleheader starting at noon, but overnight snowfall trashed those plans. The teams then agreed to play one game later Saturday afternoon and the other game Sunday, effectively cancelling the Lords' previously scheduled game with University of Mount Union.

The chilly temperature didn't do much to slow down either of Saturday's starting pitchers, at least not for the first four innings of the game. In that span Wabash managed just one run on two hits off Kenyon starter Nathan Chandler. Meanwhile, Kenyon had three hits off Roberts in that same time frame, but nothing to show for it.

Roberts continued to stymie the Lords long after the fourth inning, though. He ended up pitching into the eighth, earning the win and running his record to 6-0. Roberts gave up just one run on five hits and three walks. He also fanned seven Kenyon batters.

Before the Wabash bullpen came in to finish off the job, the Lords scored their lone run in the eighth inning. Pinch hitter Simon Fruth reached first on a fielder's choice. He later stole second base and came around to score on a single up the middle from Matt von Roemer.

At that point, the game was already decided. After scoring once in the third, Wabash got to Chandler for three more in the fifth. A host of Kenyon relievers covered the last five innings, but they didn't have much luck either. Wabash tacked on three more runs in the sixth inning and then put the game out of reach with a five-spot in the eighth.

Wabash (15-5, 2-1 NCAC) had 14 hits overall. Three-hole hitter Jackson Blevins was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and four-hole hitter Bryce Aldridge was 3-for-3 with a run and five RBI.

For Kenyon (7-10, 1-2 NCAC), five different hitters accounted for the team's five hits. Alex Hoskins, Matt Contreras and Patrick O'Leary each smacked a double, while von Roemer and Alex Gow both stroked a single.