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Box Score 2 ANGOLA, Ind. - On Senior
Day, the Trine University baseball team split their final pair of
regular season games with Kalamazoo College winning game one 11-7
and falling in game two 3-2. The Thunder assure themselves of their
second straight winning season as they enter the MIAA Tournament as
the third seed with an 23-18 overall record and finish the MIAA
season with a 17-11 mark.
Kalamazoo scored four runs to open game one as
they jumped out to the early lead. The Hornets would add two more
runs in the top of the third as they led it 6-0 to that point.
Trine finally struck in the bottom half of the
inning on a single off the bat of senior Tom Wilder (Petersburg,
Mich./Summerfield).
The Thunder would blow the game open in the
fourth as they sent 13 batters to the plate in the inning and
scored nine runs on seven hits. Junior Adam Sullivan (Fort Wayne,
Ind./Elmhurst) got the scoring started with an RBI single. Senior
Matt Zurbriggen (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) would add an RBI
single before Wilder knocked a double with the bases loaded,
scoring all three runs. With the bases loaded once again, junior
Andrew DeGood (Hamilton, Mich./Hamilton) singled to center to plate
two more runs. On the second time through, Sullivan knocked a
double down the left field line to score two more runs for the
Thunder.
The Hornets would add a run in the fifth and the
Thunder answered with a run of their own in the sixth. With runners
on the corners, Kalamazoo attempted a pickoff at first, but junior
Jeff Phillips (Prospect, Ohio/Marion Pleasant) broke from third to
steal home easily.
Despite allowing seven runs (six earned),
sophomore Edward Tomich (Carmel, Ind./Westfield) earned his second
win of the season lasting five innings while surrendering 10 hits
and striking out three. Senior Jamar Averyhart (Griffith,
Ind./Griffith) came on to pitcher a perfect sixth inning. Fellow
senior Nick Cocanower (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) came on in a non-save
situation and allowed a hit while striking out a batter in the
seventh.
Game two saw a pitcher's duel between
sophomore Jakeb Briscoe (Kendallville, Ind./East Noble) and
Kalamazoo's Phil Earls. Both pitchers went all seven innings
as neither allowed an earned run.
Kalamazoo would strike first again as they plated
all three of their runs in the second inning. The Hornets plated a
run on an RBI groundout and then on a two-out single.
The Thunder plated both of their runs in the
fourth, first on a two-out single by freshman Jake Kendall (New
Castle, Ind./New Castle). The Thunder would plate their final run
on a double steal, as Kendall took second and sophomore Tyler
Severeid (Granger, Ind./Penn) took home on the throw down to try
and retire Kendall at second.
Trine would get a runner on in each of the final
three innings, but were unable to get the tying run in.
Briscoe finished the day allowing seven hits
while striking out two batters.
Sullivan, DeGood and sophomore Jordan Baer (Fort
Wayne, Ind./Leo) all collected three hits on the afternoon. Wilder
led Trine with four RBIs while Sullivan collected three. Phillips
led the Thunder with three runs scored on the day.
Trine head into the MIAA tournament where they
will face Adrian on May 8 on the road for the first game of the
tournament. The double-elimination tournament will then head to
Hope College for the final two days.