The UW-Whitewater home run six pack: Ben Kuhlmann, Jeff Donovan, Jordan Stine, Tom Corcoran, Kevin Zalnis, Matt Schliewe.
UW-Whitewater swept UW-Oshkosh
9-7 and 8-3 Saturday afternoon at Prucha Field in Whitewater, Wis. In game one, in the bottom of the fifth with Whitewater leading 1-0, five consecutive Warhawk batters hit home runs, a UW-Whitewater school record. After a single and caught stealing, five players hit solo home runs. Ben Kuhlmann, Jeff Donovan, Jordan Stine, Tom Corcoran, and Kevin Zalnis stroked the homers. Earlier in the game, Stine had given UW-Whitewater its one-run lead with a two-out home run.
With UW-Oshkosh leading 7-6 in the bottom of the ninth, Zalnis tied the game with a leadoff homer. After the next batter singled, pinch hitter Matt Schliewe ended the game with a two run homer.
Scott Guillerault doubled home two runs in the eighth inning to cap a three-run rally that gave Wheaton (Mass.)
a 6-5 victory over the Southern Maine Huskies in a non-conference game Saturday afternoon at Sidell Stadium. The win was the 15th straight for the Lyons, and lifts their overall record to 17-4. The Lyons have now beaten the Huskies eight straight times dating to 2004. The Huskies, who had their seven-game winning streak snapped, slip to 11-5 overall.
No. 7 Texas-Tyler put up 29 runs on the day as they
shut out LeTourneau in an ASC doubleheader sweep Saturday afternoon. The Patriots took the first game 10-0 and followed it up with a 19-0 win in the second game. Brett Holland allowed just three hits and struck out four batters on the way to his eighth win of the year. In game two, LeTourneau still had no answer for UT-Tyler's hitting, as the Patriots put up 19 runs off of 20 hits. Blake Booher struck out 11 batters and allowed just one hit as he also picked up his eighth win of the year.
Wheaton (Ill.) dropped a pair of games on Saturday afternoon in a CCIW doubleheader against Augustana (18-4). The Vikings won the opener 25-8 and Augustana was a 15-11 victor in the nightcap. Wheaton falls to 12-7 overall. Augustana won the opener 25-8, as the guests scored 25 runs, on 16 hits, with one error and Wheaton scored eight runs on 13 hits, with six errors. The Vikings scored 13 runs in the first to innings to jump out to a lead they would never relinquish. Augustana won the second game as the Vikings scored 15 runs, on 14 hits, with two errors and Wheaton scored 11 runs, on 16 hits, with four errors.