Austin Jones photo for April 17
Steve Frommell
Sophomore Austin Jones slides safely under a tag in Game 1 against UW-Platteville. He hit two home runs in Game 2.
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Winner Wis.-Whitewater UWWBSB 15-3
3
UW-Platteville UWPBSB16 11-12
Winner
Wis.-Whitewater UWWBSB
15-3
8
Final
3
UW-Platteville UWPBSB16
11-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wis.-Whitewater UWWBSB 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 8 10 0
UW-Platteville UWPBSB16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 2

W: Bachar, Lake (5-2) L: Keller (4-3)

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Wis.-Whitewater UWWBSB 17-4
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Winner UW-Platteville UWPBSB16 12-12
Wis.-Whitewater UWWBSB
17-4
3
Final
4
UW-Platteville UWPBSB16
12-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Wis.-Whitewater UWWBSB 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 1
UW-Platteville UWPBSB16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 17 1

W: Vandenberg (1-0) L: Kaska, Michael (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Splits at UW-Platteville

The No. 1 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team finished with three wins for the weekend after splitting two games Sunday at UW-Platteville in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader.
 
The Warhawks (17-4 overall, 6-2 WIAC) won the first game by an 8-3 score, and dropped a heartbreaking nightcap by a 4-3 margin in 12 innings.
 
In the opener, UW-Whitewater posted two runs in the top of the first inning and didn't look back.
 
Sophomore righty Lake Bachar (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) pitched seven innings to improve to 5-2 on the season. He allowed three runs on five hits and struck out eight. Freshman Riley Gruetzmacher (Oconto Falls, Wis./Oconto Falls) and sophomore Austin Jones (Wauwatosa, Wis./West) each tossed a scoreless frame in relief.
 
Senior right fielder Trent Diekvoss (Beaver Dam/Beaver Dam) and sophomore first baseman Trent Borgardt (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) registered two hits and one run batted in apiece to lead the offense. Freshman third baseman Cal Aldridge (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) reached base three times and plated one run.
 
Sophomore left fielder Will Helbing (Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee) and sophomore shortstop Jordan Kuczynski (Germantown/Germantown) also knocked in one run apiece.
 
In the second game, Jones, who started in center field, mashed two solo homers, and freshman first baseman Aaron Markley (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy) hit a run-scoring double to supply the Warhawks with a 3-0 lead through 5 1/2 innings.
 
The Pioneers cut their deficit to two with a run in the eighth, and tied the game with a pair of runs in the ninth.
 
UW-Whitewater was held hitless after the ninth inning, and UW-Platteville walked off for the win in the bottom of the 12th.
 
Junior right-hander Mike Nompleggi (Oconto Falls/Oconto Falls) scattered 10 hits over eight innings, allowing only one earned run. He stranded UW-Platteville runners in all but two innings during the outing, including the eighth, where he left the tying run at first.
 
Freshman pitcher Michael Kaska (Spring Grove, Ill./Richmond-Burton Community) was dealt the loss in his first appearance of the season.
 
UW-Whitewater hosts MSOE for a single game Wednesday starting at 3 p.m. at Miller Stadium.
 
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