MISHAWAKA, Ind. – Indiana Wesleyan University baseball traveled to Mishawaka on Friday and kicked off the 2018 Crossroads League season at Bethel. The Pilots won the single 9-inning game by a 5-0 score in the first of three games this weekend.

GAME VITALS

• Score:  Bethel def. Indiana Wesleyan, 5-0
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 13-8, 0-1 Crossroads League   |   Bethel 9-8, 1-0 Crossroads League
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan – Not ranked   |   Bethel – Not ranked
• Location:   Jenkins Stadium   |   Bethel College   |   Mishawaka, Indiana
   

GAME STATS

• SP Jon Young:  L (1-3), 5.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, ER, 0 BB, 4 K
• RP Derek Lasky:  2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K
• SS Jordan Wharton:  1-for-3, BB
• PH Nick Coy:  1-for-1
   

GAME RECAP

• All four Bethel runs in the 6th inning were unearned because of two Indiana Wesleyan errors.
• Indiana Wesleyan had four hits and five walks on Friday and stranded 10 men on base.
   

NEXT TIME OUT

• Indiana Wesleyan and Bethel play a doubleheader on Saturday in Mishawaka. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.