GAMBIER, Ohio – One day after being held to one run in a loss to Wabash College, the Lords baseball team returned to McCloskey Field on Sunday to try to even out the two-game set with the visiting Little Giants. Wabash pitching, however, remained in command and dealt Kenyon a 3-0 defeat.

Cody Cochran, Wabash's senior starting pitcher, threw seven innings of four-hit ball. He walked one and struck out five to improve his season record to 5-1. Zach Moffett, a sophomore reliever, closed out the final two innings of the game to earn his third save. He gave up two hits and fanned two.

A pair of Kenyon pitchers also turned in solid showings. Freshman starter Alex Gow had a few hiccups here and there, but for the most past was able to work around them. He tossed five innings and gave up two runs on six hits, a walk and three hit batters. He struck out two before giving way to senior Jesse Bogacz, who finished off the final four innings. Bogacz allowed just one unearned run on two hits. He walked two and fanned seven of the 18 batters he faced.

Unfortunately, those Kenyon pitching efforts went for naught. The Lords' offense managed just five singles and a double. Kenyon threatened in the third inning, leaving a runner on third, and then again in the eighth inning, leaving two runners in scoring position, but it just couldn't avoid the shutout.

Senior Matt von Roemer had the only multi-hit game for Kenyon as he went 2-for-4 with single and a double. That gave him 26 hits on the season and 189 for his Kenyon career, leaving him ten shy of cracking the top-three on Kenyon's list of all-time hit leaders.

Wabash (16-5, 3-1 NCAC) got all the runs it needed in the top of the fifth inning. Gow hit leadoff batter Jackson Blevins and then Bryce Aldridge followed up by lacing a single to left field. Andrew Jumonville sacrificed both runners over and gave way to Matthew Annee, who belted a double to the left field, plating both Blevins and Aldridge.

The Little Giants added one more run in the seventh after Kenyon misplayed a pop fly with two outs and two runners on base.

In the bottom of the eighth, Kenyon (7-11, 1-3 NCAC) had a chance to get back into the game. With two outs, pinch hitter Paul Siciliano laced a single to left. He moved to third after von Roemer doubled, but the threat ended with Mikey Arman's fly out to right field.

The Lords now look ahead to their next conference series, which will be at DePauw University on Saturday. They'll take on a Tigers team that is 3-14 overall and 1-3 in the NCAC.