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MILWAUKEE - The Wisconsin Lutheran College
baseball team evened its Northern Athletics Conference record to
3-3 on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep over cross-town rival
MSOE at Neumann Family Field. The Warriors won the opener 11-1 in
eight innings, before finishing the sweep with a 6-3 victory in
game two.
Game one started out as a pitchers duel with a 0-0 tie through
three innings. MSOE had the bases loaded in top of the fourth and
looked ready to take the lead, but sophomore starting pitcher Alex
Raver (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) kept the visitors scoreless,
striking out two and forcing a groundout to escape the jam.
The Warriors were first to break the shutout, scoring two runs
in the bottom of the sixth. Junior Tyler Schoen (Marion,
Wis./Marion) drove in sophomore Garrick Day (Elk Mound, Wis./Elk
Mound), and later came around to score on freshman Brett
Youngbeck's (Brown Deer, Wis./Brown Deer) RBI double to give WLC
the 2-0 lead.
The Warriors tripled their lead to 6-0 in the bottom of the
seventh, led by junior Doug Martin's (West Bend, Wis./Kettle
Moraine Lutheran) two RBI and a run scored. After MSOE scored its
lone run of the game in the top of the eighth, the Warriors
continued their offensive barrage in the bottom of the inning. WLC
added five more runs with Martin and sophomore Cody Nevils (Boca
Raton, Fla./West Boca Raton) each adding two RBI. Youngbeck singled
home Martin to bring the lead to 11-1 and end the ball game.
Raver earned his second straight win the mound for WLC, going
eight innings while giving up just one earned run and striking out
11. Youngbeck went 4-for-5 with 3 RBI, while Martin drove in four
and scored twice on 2-for-4 at the plate. Day scored three times
and had one RBI on 3-for-5 hitting. Every hitter recorded at least
one hit for WLC, which pounded out a season-high 19 hits.
Lucas Yogerst took the loss for MSOE, giving up five earned runs
on 10 hits through 6.1 innings. David Miklosi, Adam Vlaj, and
Maxwell Poeske each had two hits for the Raiders.
The Warriors bats stayed hot in game two, as Martin drove in Day
in the bottom of the first for an early 1-0 lead. In the bottom of
the second, Nevils drove in freshman Brandon Mantz (West Bend,
Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) and freshman Korben Biersack
(Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield) came in on Martin's sac fly to push
the WLC advantage to 3-0.
The Raiders finally got to junior starter Josh Smith (Appleton,
Wis./East) in the top of the fifth for two runs and another in the
sixth to tie the game at 3-3. The Warriors didn't take long to
respond however, as Schoen scored the go-ahead run on Mantz's
two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh. Following a
scoreless top of the eighth by Smith, Martin doubled home two big
insurance runs in the bottom of the inning to bring the Warriors
lead to 6-3. Senior Steve Gustafson (West Bend, Wis./Luther
Preparatory) pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn his first save
of the season and seal the win for WLC.
Smith picked up the win for the Warriors, allowing just one
earned run in eight innings of work. Martin was 2-for-4 with four
RBI, while Mantz went 2-for-3 with a run scored and the go-ahead
RBI in the bottom of the seventh.
Michael Bergstrom was charged with the loss for MSOE, allowing
three earned runs in 4.2 innings of relief. Wes Stasik went 2-for-5
with an RBI and run scored to lead MSOE (3-17, 1-5 NAC).
The Warriors (5-16, 3-3 NAC) look to jump above .500 in
conference play on Monday with a doubleheader against Dominican
(11-10, 3-3 NAC) in Schaumberg, Ill. First pitch at Alexian Field
is scheduled for 1 p.m.
