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Pointers Run Past
UW-Superior in Sweep
After slugging seven home runs in the first two
games of the series, UW-Stevens Point put on its running shoes on Saturday
with 12 stolen bases in a doubleheader sweep of UW-Superior.
Jake Frombach was six-for-six on steals for the
day as the Pointers posted an 11-1 win in the opener and 10-0 win in the
second game. Both victories ended in seven innings due to the 10-run rule as
the Pointers have posted 12 of their 25 wins this season by the mercy rule,
including five straight.
The two victories clinched a spot in next
weekend�s Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament in
Wisconsin Rapids. The Pointers, who are now 25-14 overall and 14-9 in the
WIAC, are the fourth seed and take on top-seeded UW-Whitewater on Friday at
10 a.m. at Witter Field. UW-Oshkosh is the second seed and plays
third-seeded UW-La Crosse at 1 p.m.
UW-Stevens Point scored three runs in each of the
first two innings as Chuck Brehm hit a two-run homer and Adam Evanoff
blasted a solo homer in the first inning. Brehm�s homer moved him into
second place on the school�s all-time home run list with the 32nd of his
career.
Jordan Zimmermann hit a two-run homer in the fifth
and Brehm added a two-run double in the seventh to provide the 10-run
margin.
Tim Schlosser was three-for-three for the
Pointers, while Frombach was three-for-five with two stolen bases. Travis
Kempf pitched a complete game with six strikeouts.
Frombach was also three-for-five in the second
game and swiped four bases as the Pointers were 10-for-10 on stolen bases
for the game. Doug Coe drew a bases loaded walk in the first inning and the
lead stood until the Pointers tallied two runs in the fifth and six more in
the sixth. Evanoff highlighted the sixth inning with a three-run double that
put the Pointers ahead 7-0. Senior Josh Perkins delivered a run-scoring
single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh in his first career at bat
to end the game.
Ryan Hopkins pitched a four-hit shutout with eight
strikeouts and no walks to earn the victory. |
