BVU walks off, Chapman, Marietta, Keystone advance
| Mike Hoffman smacks a single up the middle to give
Buena Vista a 5-4 win against UW-Whitewater. Follow photography all
weekend from d3photography.com. Photo by Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com |
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Chapman lost ace pitcher Brian Rauh when he took himself out of the game in the bottom of the fourth, with his pitching arm hanging at his side. But Ben Levitt threw 3-2/3 innings of relief and Kevin Osaki shut the door with two innings of hitless relief to wrap up the Panthers' 9-4 win.
Marietta pitcher Brian Gasser, the D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year, threw six shutout innings and the bullpen finished off an 8-0 blanking of Salisbury in the second game.
Buena Vista walked off with a win in game three, as Mike Hoffman drove in the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth after UW-Whitewater had scored twice in the top half of the inning to tie. The Beavers will play Keystone, which defeated Western New England 2-1.
Jim Dixon and Pat Coleman wrapped up Day 1 from Appleton:
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