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One-Run Games Go
Against Pointers in Florida
After winning two one-run games to open the year,
UW-Stevens Point had a pair of single-digit decisions go the opposite way on
Saturday as the Pointers lost two tight games in Port Charlotte, Fla.
UW-Stevens Point fell behind
in both games and had rallies fall short in a 7-6 loss to Rowan (N.J.) and
an 8-7 setback in 11 innings to Wooster (Ohio).
Rowan built a 6-0 lead in the
third inning, but the Pointers battled back and scored three times in the
bottom of the ninth. Brandon Scheidler had a run-scoring double, Doug Coe
drove in a run with a single and Brad Archambeau hit a run-scoring double,
but UW-Stevens Point left runners on second and third to end the game.
Mike Thrun pitched the first
three innings and took the loss, while Travis Kempf allowed no earned runs
in six innings of relief. Adam Evanoff finished four-for-five at the plate.
Wooster scored five runs in the first inning
before UW-Stevens Point came back and took the lead on a pair of Scots�
errors in the fifth inning. Wooster had a home run in the bottom of the
fifth to tie the game and neither team scored again until the 11th inning.
The Scots had the bases loaded with one out and UW-Stevens Point attempted
to turn a double play, but the batter was ruled safe at first, allowing the
winning run to score.
The Pointers left 12 runners
on base and Wooster stranded 13 runners. Preseason All-American pitcher
Jordan Zimmermann made his season debut for the Pointers and surrendered
Wooster's game-tying home run to his first batter faced, but then allowed
just two more hits and struck out four over four innings of relief. |
