Wright State University
31-27
Milwaukee
26-26
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 1 |
| Milwaukee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Baseball Explodes for 20-4 Win Over Milwaukee in League Tournament
5/21/2009 12:00:00 PM | Baseball
The Wright State baseball team scored 11 runs in the fourth inning and Jordan Marker tossed four perfect innings of relief to help WSU to a 20-4 victory in the second round of the 2009 Horizon League Tournament in Lorain, Ohio.
The Wright State baseball team scored 11 runs in the fourth inning and Kory Twede tied a tournament record with six RBI's and Jeff Mercer drove in five RBI's to push his season total to 71.
The Raiders struck first when R.J. Gundolff led off the game with his second career leadoff home run. The junior sent the third offering of the contest 355 feet over the left field fence to push WSU ahead, 1-0.
After Milwaukee scored the next three runs off of Wright State starter Greg Robinson, the two teams were both scoreless in the third. Josh Groves plated two runs with a single in the first inning for Milwaukee and Andy Gerhartz plated a run in the second inning to give UWM a 3-2 edge heading to the fourth.
In the fourth inning, Jeff Mercer led off the frame with a solo home run to left-center field, starting an 11 run inning that saw WSU send 15 hitters to the plate. Mercer homered later in the frame - a three-run shot - and four players collected two hits in the inning, with WSU staking to an 11-3 edge.
Jordan Marker, who entered in the third inning, didn't allow a hit and fanned four in his four innings of work. The redshirt freshman didn't walk a batter and forced five groundball outs to improve to 3-0 on the season.
WSU added to their lead in the seventh inning with eight runs, including a leadoff home run from Kory Twede. Garrett Gray went long ball later in the inning and after an RBI single from Mercer and a bases loaded walk to Tristan Moore, Twede smacked a grand slam to push WSU ahead, 19-3.
Tyler Newhart worked a scoreless seventh inning and the Raiders added their 20th run on a RBI double from Casey McGrew in the eighth to cap their scoring.
With WSU leading 20-3, Milwaukee plated a run in the eighth against relief pitcher Casey Henn, but the freshman recorded the final six outs and ended the game with a pop out to Gundolff at shortstop.
In the contest, WSU set a new Horizon League Tournament records for total bases (46) in a game, while tying the mark for home runs in a tournament game (6). Twede tied the league tournament record with six RBI's and his 12 total bases are tied for the most in a single game in league history.
Eight of the nine WSU starters collected hits and seven of them drove in RBI's in the contest. Gray plated two RBI's and scored a pair of runs, while Mercer moved into second on the single season RBI list with his 71st in the contest. Aaron Fields scored twice and collected four hits and Quentin Cate extended his hitting streak to 24 games with a single in the second inning.
The Raiders improve to 31-27 overall and advance to the semifinal game of the Horizon League Championship. The contest will start at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22. The opponent will be the winner of the #1 UIC versus #5 Cleveland State contest being played tonight.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Marker, Jordan (3-0)
L: HETEBRUEG, Andy (3-4)
Batting:
2B: McGrew, Casey 1 ; Twede, Kory 1 ; Gray, Garrett 1
3B: McGrew, Casey 1
HR: Gundolff, R.J. 1 ; Mercer, Jeff 2 ; Twede, Kory 2 ; Gray, Garrett 1
RBI: Gundolff, R.J. 2 ; Mercer, Jeff 5 ; McGrew, Casey 1 ; Cate, Quentin 1 ; Ashe, Ryan 1 ; Moore, Tristan 1 ; Twede, Kory 6 ; Gray, Garrett 2
SH: Ashe, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gundolff, R.J. 3 ; Fields, Aaron 2 ; Mercer, Jeff 4 ; McGrew, Casey 3 ; Cate, Quentin 1 ; Ashe, Ryan 1 ; Moore, Tristan 1 ; Twede, Kory 3 ; Gray, Garrett 2
Batting:
2B: LINGVAY, Nick 1 ; DEKONING, Doug 1 ; WOZNIAK, Shawn 1
RBI: GUERRERO, Nino 1 ; GROVES, Josh 2 ; GERHARTZ, Andy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: KRAFT, Cole 1 ; LINGVAY, Nick 1 ; DEKONING, Doug 1 ; HOENECKE, Paul 1
