The No. 3 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team remained unbeaten in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play Friday afternoon with two more wins over UW-Stout at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
The Warhawks (20-3 overall, 8-0 WIAC) downed the Blue Devils 5-3 in 10 innings in the first game and posted an 11-1 victory in the nightcap.
In the opener, sophomore left fielder
Matt Wary (Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove) legged out an infield single with one out in the top of the 10th to bring up junior first baseman
Blake Fleischman (Germantown, Wis./Germantown), who mashed a two-run homer down the left field line on the first pitch of the at-bat to give the Warhawks a 5-3 lead.
With one out and a runner on first, senior
Mike Nompleggi (Oconto Falls/Oconto Falls) relieved junior
Austin Jones (Wauwatosa, Wis./West). After a catch near the dugout in foul territory by Fleischman, the Blue Devils (6-17, 3-5 WIAC) put another runner on with a base hit. On the first pitch of the next at-bat, Nompleggi induced a fly out to complete his fourth save of the year.
Jones (6-0) picked up the win, scattering 10 hits while striking out six over 9 1/3 innings.
After UW-Stout took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second, UW-Whitewater got two back in the top of the fourth. Junior centerfielder
Brett Krause (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls) and senior second baseman
Steve Chamberlain (Rockford, IL/Guilford) posted back-to-back singles to start the inning, and senior shortstop
Jordan Kuczynski (Germantown/Germantown) plated Krause with a double down the left field line. Bryden made it a one-run game with a sacrifice fly down the right field line.
The Warhawks tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the seventh on a two-out, RBI single up the middle by Wary. Sophomore third baseman
Cal Aldridge (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge), who walked and stole second with one out, came around to score the tying run.
Jones stranded two runners in the bottom of the ninth on a groundout to Fleischman to send the game to extra innings.
Wary and Krause tallied two hits apiece to lead the offense.
In the second game, UW-Whitewater scored two in the seventh inning, three in the eighth and to break open a close game in the final third of the contest.
Senior
Westin Wuethrich (Greenwood, Wis./Greenwood) allowed only one run on four hits while striking out nine in seven innings of work. The right-hander improve to 3-0 on the year with the win. Senior lefty
Ankur Shah (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) tossed the final two innings in relief.
Krause posted three hits and three RBI and Kuczynski totaled three hits and two RBI to pace the Warhawks' offense. Fleischman scored three runs and knocked in one, and Chamberlain and junior right fielder
Ryan Makuski (Custer, Wis./Amherst) added one RBI apiece. Senior infielder
Dylan Bersch (Pulaski/Pulaski) registered two hits, three runs scored and one RBI.
UW-Whitewater resumes play Tuesday against Milwaukee School of Engineering. First pitch of the non-conference contest is slated for 3 p.m. at Miller Stadium.