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Baseball Team Falls to UW-Whitewater in WIAC Tournament
For Immediate Release: Friday, May 9, 2008 - Posted 2:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. – The UW-La Crosse baseball team fell 14-9 to UW-Whitewater Friday morning in the first game of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Tournament at Witter Field in Wisconsin Rapids. The Eagles, now 19-19 on the season, will play either UW-Oshkosh or UW-Stevens Point at approximately 4 p.m. Friday. UW-Whitewater, now 34-6, advance to play either the Titans or Pointers at 7 p.m. Friday.
UW-L took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on Storm Gram's two-out home run, but UW-Whitewater came right back in the bottom of the inning with four runs. Three of the runs were unearned. The Warhawks added two more runs in the bottom of the second on Kevin Zalnis' home run.
The Eagles cut the margin to 6-3 with a pair of runs in the fourth as Tyler and Tony Peterson each had RBI singles. The Warhawks got those two runs right back in the bottom of the inning on three UW-L errors. UW-Whitewater made it 11-3 with three runs in the fifth, highlighted by Billy Johnson's two-run home run.
Corey Poppitz had a sacrifice fly in the sixth for the Eagles scoring Travis Kerr to make it 11-4 and Mike Schmidt knocked in Gram with a single in the seventh for a 11-5 UW-Whitewater lead. UW-L cut the lead to 11-9 with four runs in the top of the eighth. Tony Peterson had a two-run double, Gram a run-scoring single and Poppitz scored on a wild pitch. The Eagles had the tying run at the plate, but failed to score the rest of the game.
Zalnis hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth for UW-Whitewater, his second home run of the game.
Greg Gibson (4-2) took the loss for UW-L, going 4.0 innings, allowing eight hits, 11 runs (six earned) and two walks. Brandon Walczak pitched 3.0 innings, allowing one hit, two runs and one walk with three strikeouts. Mike Brehm pitched 1.0 inning, giving up two hits, one run and one walk.
The Eagles finished with 18 hits in the contest, but also committed five errors leading to five unearned runs. Eight of UW-L's nine starters had a hit. Tony Peterson finished 4-for-5 at the plate with three RBI and a run scored while Gram was 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI. Schmidt and Kerr each went 3-for-5. Schmidt had a run scored and RBI while Kerr scored twice. Tyler Peterson finished 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.
Adam Dominick (9-2) earned the win for the Warhawks, pitching 7.0 innings, allowing 15 hits, eight runs and one walk while striking out nine. Gregg Reik went 2.0 innings, allowing three hits and one run with two strikeouts.
Jeff Donovan, Zalnis and Joe Munn each had two hits for UW-Whitewater. Zalnis finished with six RBI and three runs scored.
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