The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team downed Grinnell 16-4, in Auburndale, Fla. Sunday afternoon.
The Warhawks (5-0) registered 22 hits compared to just eight hits by Grinnell (3-8), including home runs from the first two batters in the game.
Senior centerfielder
Daytona Bryden (Rockton, IL/Hononegah) hit for the cycle, recording a leadoff home run to start the contest, a bunt single in the fourth, a triple in the fifth and a double to right field in the sixth. He finished the game 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two runs batted in.
Junior third basemen
Cal Aldridge (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) recorded two home runs, three hits, three runs scored and two RBI. Senior first baseman
Blake Fleischman (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) tallied a home run, two hits and two runs batted in, and senior right fielder
Brett Krause (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls) was 4-of-4 at bat with two runs and one RBI.
Making his UW-Whitewater debut, freshman
Matt O'Sullivan (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland) tossed five shutout innings and struck out seven batters while earning his first win of the season. Sophomore
Connor Moroder (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) stepped in for an inning and registered three strikeouts. In the final inning, freshman
Evan Sigmund (Oconto Falls, Wis./Oconto Falls) registered his Warhawk debut and also struck out the side.
In the second inning, senior catcher
Mike Aiello (Racine, Wis./Horlick) singled to left field and sent in a run for UW-Whitewater.
Aldridge tallied his second homer of the game in the third inning, followed by a single from Krause. A single from junior
Nick Schrader (Cambridge, Wis./Jefferson) sent Krause in for another run.
An error from Grinnell in the fourth inning resulted in two runs for the Warhawks after a single from Krause.
In the sixth inning, senior
Jeff Szubert (Tinley Park, Ill./Victor J. Andrew) posted a triple and sent in two runs to make the score 15-0. Bryden doubled to right field and sent Szubert in to account for the final margin.
The Warhawks continue play Monday against Keuka (N.Y.) at 8:30 a.m. Central Time and St. Olaf (Minn.) at 12:30 p.m. CT.