ALBION, Mich. – The Adrian College baseball team grabbed a series opening victory on Friday afternoon as they opened up with Albion College on the road. The Bulldogs went on to win 9-3 on Friday with the help of a six-run seventh inning, and another quality start from Daniel Gutierrez.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Adrian and Albion were scoreless through the first four innings until the Bulldogs scored three in the top of the fifth.
• Edward Wagner drove in a run on a sacrifice fly to lead 1-0 followed by an Albion error off the bat of Alejandro Montada that drove in two more to lead 3-0.
• Gus Weaks singled in a run in the seventh inning followed by a RBI double from AJ Miranda and a 2-RBI single from Logan Loeffler.
• With the bases loaded, David Kedrow was hit by a pitch which followed with a sacrifice fly from Jack Boike to lead 9-0.
• Albion responded in the bottom of the third with a RBI ground out and a 2-run homer.
• Gutierrez picked up his sixth win of the season after tossing seven innings allowing three runs on three hits with eight strikeouts.
• Joe Toth closed out the game with a pair of scoreless innings in relief allowing just one hit.

UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will turn around and host Albion College tomorrow afternoon in a doubleheader starting a 1:00 PM at Nicolay Field.