April 26, 2009

Game 1 - Minnesota State 13 #25 Wayne State 10

Game 2 - #25 Wayne State 9 Minnesota State 1

#25 Wayne State College maintained a ½ game lead over Minnesota State in the NSIC standings with a split of a double-header on Sunday afternoon in Wayne.  Minnesota State took game one by the score of 13-10, and Wayne State cruised to a 9-1 win in game two.  Wayne State is 33-11 overall on the season and 21-4 in the NSIC.  Minnesota State is 27-13 overall and 20-4 in the NSIC.

            Both teams scored early and often in game one.  Minnesota State had three homers in the game and Wayne State belted five homers.  WSC jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on three consecutive solo homers by Eric Bond, Joe Wendte and Treye Hacker.  However, Minnesota State quickly responded with a seven-run second inning to take a 7-3 lead.  Geno Glynn led off the inning with a solo homer to left and Matt Kuckenbecker added a two-run bomb to highlight the seven-run inning for the Mavericks.  Kosuke Hattori also had a two-run single and Danny Miller added an RBI single in MSU's huge second inning.  Wayne State got one run back in the bottom of the second inning on a solo homer by Justin Hemauer which made the score 7-4 in favor of MSU.  The Mavericks scored a single run in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Travis Taran which pushed the Minnesota State lead back to four at 8-4.  Wayne State scored three times in the fourth inning on RBI doubles by Hemauer and Hacker and an RBI single by Bond.  However, MSU again responded with two more runs in the fifth inning to take a 10-7 lead.  Danny Miller's two-run single highlighted the Maverick fifth inning.  MSU added three more insurance runs to take a 13-7 lead in the sixth inning.  Aaron Berner had an RBI single and Corey LaPlante smacked a two-run homer to right field in the MSU sixth.  Wayne State scored two in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run double by Alex Koch and added a single run in the seventh on a solo homer by Nick Bidroski for the final score of 13-10.

            Minnesota State had 18 hits in game one compared to 11 for WSC.  Justin Hemauer, Eric Bond and Treye Hacker all went 2 for 4 with homers and two RBI's to lead Wayne State offensively in game one.  Joe Wendte and Nick Bidroski also homered for WSC.  John Snyder (6-1) suffered the loss on the mound for WSC.  Snyder allowed 10 runs on 10 hits with two strikeouts and three walks in four innings of work.  Danny Miller went 2 for 4 with three RBI's while Geno Glynn, Matt Kuckenbecker and Corey LaPlante all homered for Minnesota State.  Patrick Lenton (8-1) earned the win on the mound for the Mavericks.  Lenton allowed seven runs on nine hits with three strikeouts and two walks in four innings.

            In game two, WSC redshirt freshman Tom Doran pitched a complete game three-hitter, giving up an unearned run in the first inning, as the Wildcats cruised to a 9-1 win.  Minnesota State jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning.  The Mavericks used just one hit, two Wayne State errors and a wild pitch to score the early run.  The score remained the same until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Wayne State offense erupted for five runs on five hits to take a 5-1 lead.  Nick Bidroski and Justin Hemauer each had two-run homers, and Mike BIsenius delivered an RBI double to highlight the Wildcat fourth inning.  WSC took an 8-1 lead with three more runs in the fifth inning when catcher John Plasha connected on a three-run homer to center field.  WSC closed out the scoring with a single run in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Alex Koch to make the final score 9-1. 

            Wayne State had 12 hits in game two compared to just three for the Mavericks.  Justin Hemauer went 2 for 4 with his second homer of the day and two RBI's for the 'Cats.  John Plasha went 2 for 3 with a homer, two runs score and three RBI's while Nick Bidroski also homered for WSC.  Tom Doran improved to 4-0 on the mound for Wayne State.  Doran pitched a complete game three-hitter and allowed just the one unearned run with three walks and five strikeouts.  Danny Miller went 2 for 2 to lead MSU offensively in the loss.  Brett Fratzke (3-2) suffered the loss on the mound for MSU.  Fratzke allowed five runs on eight hits with two strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings pitched.              

             Wayne State will be at home again on Wednesday hosting St. Cloud State in a doubleheader starting at noon at the Pete Chapman Baseball Complex.