Anderson Turns in Split with Hanover

The Anderson University baseball team turned in a split with Hanover College during Saturday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) doubleheader in Hanover.

Hanover (15-12, 15-12) scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to seal a 7-6 win in Game 1 with the help of a Charlie Burton grand slam and a walk-off RBI single by Eric Roudebush. The Ravens (14-9, 14-9) claimed a 7-5 victory in Game 2. Branton Sanders (Whiteland, Ind./Whiteland) smashed two home runs during the doubleheader.

GAME 1: HANOVER 7, ANDERSON 6

Sanders went 2-for-3 with a double and a two-run blast. Justin Reed (Martinsville, Ind./Martinsville) went 2-for-4 with a double. Jason Hall-Manley (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) smashed a solo homer. Jonathan Willoughby (Speedway, Ind./Speedway) produced two RBIs and a single. T.J. Price (Anderson, Ind./Daleville) put together a double while Bennie Day (Charlestown, Ind./Jeffersonville) rounded out Anderson's eight hits with a single. Kasey Henderson (Muncie, Ind./Cowan) struck out six batters, yielded four walks and allowed one run on five hits in seven innings.

GAME 2: ANDERSON 7, HANOVER 5

Sanders finished 2-for-5 with a solo homer. Reed also crushed a solo blast. Willoughby went 2-for-5. Price ripped a double while Hall-Manley, Tyler Burton (Knightstown, Ind./Knightstown) and Rene Casas Jr. (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) rounded out Anderson's nine hits with singles. Hall-Manley, M.J. Furnish (Fishers, Ind./Heritage Christian) and Casas Jr. also tallied RBIs.

Evan Doan (Frankton, Ind./Frankton) (2-0) earned the win. He punched out 11 batters, issued a walk and gave up four runs on seven hits in seven innings. Clayton White (Greenfield, Ind./Eastern Hancock) captured his first save of the season. He fanned three batters and allowed one run on two hits in two innings.

UP NEXT

The Ravens clash with Franklin College (14-6, 14-6) in an HCAC doubleheader on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Don Brandon Field.