Game 1: Wayne State 12 Augustana 1
Game 2: Wayne State 8 Augustana 0
Senior John Snyder and sophomore Austen Wisroth both pitched complete games in Wayne State's NSIC baseball sweep over Augustana College Wednesday afternoon at Ronken Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The Wildcats combined for 20 runs in the two games as Wayne State downed the Vikings 12-1 in seven innings in game one and 8-0 in game two. The wins make the Wildcats 17-14 overall and 12-3 in the NSIC while Augustana slips to 22-18 overall and 9-7 in conference play.
The Wildcats trailed 1-0 after the first inning of play in game one, but WSC added three runs in the top of the second inning to take a 3-1 lead. Senior John Plasha opened up the scoring for Wayne State when he scored on a triple by Mike Bisenius. Sophomore Jake Ritzdorf drove in Bisenius from third base to give WSC a 2-1 lead. WSC then added another run when Justin Beranek hit a RBI single scoring Brandon Polk.
WSC would go on a tear from there as the Wildcats scored at least one run in the final five innings of play. Wayne State added one run in the third, fourth and sixth innings and the Wildcats added two runs in the fifth and four runs in the seventh inning to take the win 12-1.
Senior John Snyder (5-3) won his fifth straight outing for the Wildcats as he gave up one run on five hits while striking out six Augie batters Joe Wendte led the Wildcats' offensive charge as the senior went 2 for 2 with three walks. Wendte added two runs and an RBI. Bisenius went 3 for 4 on the day with three runs scored and an RBI. Nick Bidroski hit a two run homer for his seventh home run of the season as the junior went 1 for 4.
Wayne State jumped out to an early lead in game two when Treye Hacker hit a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Beranek from third in the top of the third inning. The Wildcats added to their lead in the fourth inning when Wendte hit a three run homer to give the Wildcats a 4-0 lead. WSC would then add two more in the top of the fifth inning when Ritzdorf and Wendte both drove in a run when they were hit by a pitch. Jarett Jackson hit a solo home run in the sixth inning and Bidroski hit a RBI double in the seventh to give Wayne State the 8-0 win.
Wisroth (4-2) won his second straight game against the Vikings going seven shutout innings allowing only three hits. Wisroth struck out nine batters and did not allow a walk in the contest as the sophomore only faced 25 batters.
The Wildcats offense was paced by Wendte once again as he went 1 for 4 with a walk and four RBI's. Hacker added two hits and an RBI for the Wildcats. Beranek, Bidroski and Jackson each added a hit for Wayne State.
The Wildcats will be at home this weekend as WSC hosts Northern State on Saturday and Sunday in a pair of doubleheaders slated to start at 12:00 p.m. each day at the Pete Chapman Baseball Complex.
