CWRU Bests Mitchell 5-2 to End Spartan Southern Classic

3/14/2026 2:24:00 PM

The Case Western Reserve University baseball team concluded its spring break trip on Saturday with a 5-2 win over Mitchell College in the final game of the Spartan Southern Classic in Lexington, South Carolina.

The win was the second straight for the Spartans, who went 4-3 during the week in South Carolina and stand at 9-5 overall. The Mariners saw their three-game winning streak come to an end and dropped to 5-4 overall.

Stats & Standouts

Five Spartan pitchers combined to hold Mitchell to two runs on nine hits during the game. Senior right-handed pitcher Archer Stankowski earned the win to improve to 2-0 after pitching two and a third scoreless innings in relief, allowing just two hits and striking out one.
Sophomore southpaw Charlie Griffith started and went the first four and a third innings, yielding one run on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts in the no-decision.
Sophomore lefty Jeff Radinsky retired all four batters he faced in relief, striking out a pair.
At the plate, first-year catcher Collin Pool went two-for-four with a double, a stolen base, and drove in the first three runs of the game for CWRU.
Graduate student designated hitter Eli Westrick was three-for-four at the plate with a double, a run, and an RBI.
First-year second baseman James O'Connor was two-for-five with a double, two runs, and an RBI.
Junior shortstop Nate Arterburn added two hits in four at bats, as CWRU collected 12 total hits in the game.

Highlights & Scoring Recap

The Spartans jumped out to an early lead in the game with a pair of runs in the first inning. O'Connor led the game off with a single and moved to second on a one-out base hit by junior first baseman Tyler Stillson. After both runners advanced on a groundout, Pool plated both with a two-out single, putting the Spartans in front 2-0.
Westrick opened the third inning with a double down the right field line and came around to score on a groundout by Pool, extending the CWRU lead to 3-0.
The Spartans added on two more runs with two outs in the fourth, going ahead 5-0 after a run-scoring double from O'Connor and an RBI base hit up the middle from Westrick.
Mitchell scored a run in the fourth inning against Griffith, but that would be the only run he would allow in his outing, leaving the game after four and a third with a 5-1 lead.
CWRU remained ahead by four until the ninth, when the Mariners scored a run and brought the tying run to the plate, but sophomore Ayush Shetty notched a strikeout to end the game and record his first save of the season.

Spartan Notes

Saturday's game marked the eighth time through 14 games this season that the Spartans have had 10 or more hits. CWRU improved to 6-2 when getting at least 10 hits in a game.
With three more hits on Saturday, Westrick now has 196 for his career (the first 182 of which came as an undergraduate at Wooster).
Sophomore third baseman Calvin Gelle has now reached base safely in each of the 13 games he has played in this season.
Pool has now hit safely in each of the last six games he has played in. He is batting .394 with 10 RBIs this season.
Saturday's game was just the second all-time meeting between the two programs, including the Mitchell victory earlier in the week.