Nick Santoro March 26
Michael McLoone
Nick Santoro posted four hits against Elmhurst. (Michael McLoone file photo)
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Wis.-Whitewater UWWBB 5-5
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Winner Elmhurst College ELMHURST 5-7
Wis.-Whitewater UWWBB
5-5
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Final
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Elmhurst College ELMHURST
5-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wis.-Whitewater UWWBB 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 9 3
Elmhurst College ELMHURST 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 6 8 2

W: Jordan (1-0) L: Kutzler, Keith (0-1) S: Kielion (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 22 Baseball Downed in Florida Finale

The No. 22 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team got off to a quick start Tuesday but was unable to hold the lead in a 6-5 setback against Elmhurst (Ill.) in its final game at the RussMatt Invitational in Auburndale, Fla.
 
The Warhawks (5-5 overall) scored three runs in the first inning, but the Bluejays tallied six unanswered runs over the next six frames and held off a late UW-W rally.
 
Sophomore shortstop Nick Santoro (Naperville, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) posted four hits and one run scored, and senior designated hitter Mike Aiello (Racine, Wis./Horlick) finished with two hits, including an inside-the-park homer. Senior second baseman Nick Schrader (Cambridge, Wis./Jefferson) registered one hit, one run scored and one run batted in, and senior third baseman Cal Aldridge (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) and junior centerfielder Alex Doud (Waukesha, Wis./Mukwonago) each plated one run.
 
Three UW-Whitewater pitchers combined to allow only one earned run in the contest. Sophomore Westin Muir (St. Charles, Ill./North) tossed the first five innings, collecting seven strikeouts along the way. Junior Keith Kutzler (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) took the loss to drop to 0-1 on the year, pitching 1 2/3 innings of relief. Senior Jim Perkins (Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove) didn't allow a run over the final 1 1/3 frames.
 
Schrader started the scoring in the top of the first with a double to score Santoro. Doud knocked a sacrifice fly to right to make it 2-0, and Aiello hit a ball to right center and came all the way around to score for a home run and a three-run advantage.
 
Elmhurst tallied two runs in the second, one in the fourth and three in the sixth to take a three-run lead.
 
The Warhawks answered in the seventh as freshman catcher Ryan Norton (Fond du Lac, Wis./Fond du Lac) scored on a wild pitch, and Aldridge hit a sacrifice fly to left to make it a one-run game.
 
UW-Whitewater loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth, but the Bluejays escaped on a flyout.
 
The Warhawks are scheduled to return to action this Saturday with a doubleheader against St. Scholastica (Minn.). First pitch at Miller Stadium is slated for 1 p.m.
 
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