Box Score  Whitewater, Wis. – The No. 3 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team defeated Milwaukee School of Engineering 4-1 Wednesday afternoon in a non-conference contest played at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
 
After three scoreless innings, the Raiders (15-14 overall) tallied a run in the top of fourth inning to take an early lead.
 
The Warhawks (18-4 overall, 6-2 WIAC) pitched by committee in the win over MSOE. UW-Whitewater used nine pitchers on the afternoon to pick up the victory, while only allowing four hits. Senior right-hander Curtis Morgan (Green Lake/Green Lake) got the start and pitched a clean first frame giving up one walk, to go along with one strike out.
 
Junior Lefty Ankur Shah (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North), followed by Sam Heilenbach (Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township) each pitched an inning a piece. Left-handed reliever John Olejniczak (Valparaiso, IN/Valparaiso) came into pitch the fourth inning, giving up one run on one hit in the frame. Freshman Riley Gruetzmacher (Oconto Falls, Wis./Oconto Falls) gave up one hit in his appearance in the fifth inning.
 
Junior James Georgakas (Ellsworth, Wis./Ellsworth) picked up his first win of the season thanks to the offense taking the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Sophomore Heath Renz (Jefferson, Wis./Jefferson) came into pitch the seventh inning, allowing one hit, one walk, but struck out one batter. Senior Connor Hurst (Waunakee/Waunakee) pitched a three up three down eighth inning to set up Austin Jones (Wauwatosa, Wis./West) second save of the season and to seal the victory.
 
Freshman Matt Wary (Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove) finished the afternoon off 2-for-3 from the plate and scored the first run of the game for the Warhawks. Sophomore first baseman Blake Fleischman (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) went 2-for-4, with a scored run and run batted in. Senior Trent Diekvoss (Beaver Dam/Beaver Dam) finished with two key runs batted in, while also scoring a run.
 
Junior shortstop Jordan Kuczynski (Germantown/Germantown), freshman third baseman Cal Aldridge (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge), freshman designated hitter Aaron Markley (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy), sophomore catcher Hayden Fenner (Ripon/Ripon) all finished the afternoon with a hit apiece.
 
UW-Whitewater returns to action this weekend as they take on UW-Oshkosh in a weekend series starting on Saturday afternoon. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m.