The UW-Whitewater baseball team opened 2010 with a 12-2 win over Augsburg College in the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota in a game that started at 10:00 p.m. Wednesday.

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Rightfielder Daniel Putnam (Ashland /Ashland) opened the bottom of the first with a single, stole second, and came in on a Jordan Stine (Merrill/Merrill ) single to begin the scoring for UW-W.

Augsburg tied the game with a single run in the second, but Whitewater came back with three in their half of the inning for all the runs it would need.  UW-W collected four hits in the inning, including a RBI single by leftfielder Matt Beyer (Janesville/Parker), a double off the bat of first baseman Jeff Donovan (Wauwatosa/East), and as part of a double play.

Whitewater erased any doubt about a comeback with a six run fifth.  Putnam, UW-W's leadoff man, started things again with a single and stolen base, scoring again courtesy of a Stine single.  Donovan, who had singled, and Stine pulled off a double steal, with Donovan scoring run number two of the inning.  Catcher Rob Coe (Appleton/North) brought in run three with a single, followed by a Mike Kenseth (Milwaukee/West Allis Hale) RBI single and another by Beyer.

UW-W added an unearned run in the seventh, Augsburg finished their scoring with one in the eighth, and Donovan ended the scoring with Whitewater's first home run in the bottom of the eighth.

Senior lefthander Riley Tincher (Oregon/Oregon) picked up the win by going the first five inning for UW-W, giving up one earned run on five hits, striking out four and walking three.  Sophomore righthander Kyle Lee (Beaver Dam/Beaver Dam) went the last four, yielding one run on three hits, with three walks and three K's.  

Donovan led the Warhawk offense with a 3x4 day, including a walk, two runs scored and two driven in.  Designated hitter Nick Rechlitz (Milwaukee/Marquette), Kenseth, Beyer and Stine had two hits apiece in the Warhawks' fifteen hit attack.

UW-W is scheduled to play Hamline University at 2:00 Thursday in the Metrodome.

The Warhawks will open the home portion of the 2010 season March 27 with a doubleheader against Ripon College beginning at 1:00 at Miller Stadium at Prucha Field.

For additional information:  John Vodenlich, UW-W coach