WSC Baseball Posts Saturday Split With Bemidji State

WSC Baseball Posts Saturday Split With Bemidji State
Courtesy of Wayne State Athletics.

WAYNE – After hosting the last 10 NSIC games in March, the Wayne State College baseball team began the month of April with another home conference series.

From the Pete Chapman Baseball Complex in Wayne, the Wildcats were listed as the home team against Bemidji State University on Saturday for a doubleheader. A mid-week snowstorm pushed the scheduled games in Bemidji, Minnesota to Wayne.

Wayne State shutout BSU, 11-0 in the opening game while Bemidji State recorded a victory in game two by the score of 11-6. With the split, WSC fell to 12-13 (6-6 NSIC) as Bemidji State went to 4-20 (1-9 NSIC) ahead of the Sunday series finale.

During the first game, WSC posted a four-run opening inning and tacked on six more runs in the fourth to lead 10-0. Wayne State scored one more run in the sixth to win 11-0. The Wildcats outhit BSU, 10-6 as both teams recorded one error.

Andrew Hanson singled, tripled, drove in three runs and scored three times while Nick Barnett singled, tripled, drove in a run and scored once for WSC. Chris Cornish doubled and drove in a run; Alex Logelin and Noah Roberts both singled, drove in a run and scored twice; Garrett Svoboda singled, drove in a run and scored; Colin Lynam singled and drove in a run; Chase Douglas singled and scored; Nate Sailors accounted for a RBI as Kyler Essink scored once.

Brody Sintek (3-2) picked up the complete victory in seven innings allowing six hits while striking out seven batters and walking one.

 

In the second outing, WSC again scored early with a run in the first and four more runs in the third to lead 5-0. Bemidji State then went on the attack with three runs in the fourth, four runs in the fifth and a run in the sixth to lead 8-5. Wayne State answered with a run in the top of the seventh before the Beavers brought three more runs across the plate in the home half of the eighth to win the nine-inning game, 11-6. BSU outhit WSC, 15-12 as the Beavers committed two errors compared to none from Wayne State.

Wildcat extra-base hits came from Andrew Hanson who singled twice, doubled, drove in a run and scored three times; Alex Logelin singled, tripled and scored once; Chris Cornish singled, doubled and drove in two runs as Colin Lynam singled, doubled and scored once.

Nick Barnett singled and drove in a run; Chase Douglas singled and scored as Noah Roberts singled.

Jackson Shelburne (2-4) suffered the loss in an inning and a third of relief allowing six earned runs off four hits while walking two batters and hitting one. Ryan Obrecht started the opening three innings allowing two hits while striking out three batters and walking one. Josh Renken worked an inning of relief allowing two earned runs off five hits while Wayne native Jacob Kneifl closed out the final two and two-thirds allowing three earned runs off four hits while striking out two batters and walking one.

The Wayne State College baseball team will close out the three-game series with Bemidji State on Sunday, April 3 during a nine-inning contest starting at noon. WSC will again be listed as the visiting team on the scoreboard since the series was scheduled to be played in Bemidji, Minnesota but a mid-week snowstorm moved the games south.

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