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WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Otterbein University baseball team picked up a doubleheader sweep Wednesday afternoon at Fishbaugh Field, topping Wilmington College by scores of 10-1 and 14-4 in a pair of conference games.
 
The Cardinals, now 22-8 on the year and a healthy 8-4 against the Ohio Athletic Conference, are slated to finish the week with a pair of outings at league-leading Mount Union this weekend. The Purple Raiders (24-6, 13-1 OAC) recently cracked the national rankings.

 
Game 1 (10-1 Win)
 
The Cardinals took an early 1-0 lead when a sac-fly from designated hitter Byan Stopar brought home Pat Birrer, but Otterbein then encountered some trouble in the top of the fourth when Wilmington loaded the bases with no outs.
 
Otterbein starter Johnny Putnam did well to allow just one run in the jam, and the Cards quickly regained the lead in their following at-bat when another Stopar sac-fly scored Birrer once again.
 
The Tan and Cardinal busted the game open in the fifth, watching the first-five batters reach base to start the frame and ultimately opening a 7-1 lead by the end. 
 
The margin would be more than enough for the Otterbein defense going forward, which received seven quality innings from Putnam and saw shortstop Ben Beachy start a pair of smooth inning-ending double plays.
 
Putnam improved to 5-1 on the mound with the victory, dropping his season E.R.A. to 2.13 in the process. The offense got multi-hit games from third baseman Connor Brett and left fielder Brock Frentzel.
 
 
Game 2 (14-4 Win)
 
The Cardinals hit the field in game two behind senior pitcher Robert Kemer, an All-OAC and all-region selection who made his season debut after battling back from a tough preseason injury. The right-hander, who was on a pitch count, went four scoreless innings and exited with the Cardinals leading 6-0.
 
Otterbein hit the scoreboard with an RBI-triple from Frentzel in the second, and then piled on five runs in the third frame following a 2-RBI double from Stopar, an RBI groundout from Christian Chiero and then a two-run bomb from Connor Brett that cleared the left-field fence.
 
The Quakers (7-24, 2-10 OAC) scored two runs in the fifth inning but Otterbein continued scoring throughout, getting Stephan Hernon's OAC-leading seventh home run in the ensuing plate appearance and then adding insurance runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth.
 
Stopar finished a solid 3 for 5 on the day while Beachy, Hernon and Chiero also enjoyed multi-hit performances.
 
The Cards are scheduled to play a non-conference matchup Thursday afternoon at nearby Ohio Wesleyan, a team it beat 9-4 earlier this year during the home opener.