Cal Aldridge
Michael McLoone
Cal Aldridge hit his 13th homer of the season in a 7-3 win over Ripon.
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Winner Ripon RIPON 19-12
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Wis.-Whitewater UWWBB 25-9
Winner
Ripon RIPON
19-12
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Final
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Wis.-Whitewater UWWBB
25-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ripon RIPON 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 14 1
Wis.-Whitewater UWWBB 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2

W: Brody Marks (4-0) L: Fox, Hayden (0-1) S: Brice Swick (1)

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Ripon RIPON 19-13
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Winner Wis.-Whitewater UWWBB 26-9
Ripon RIPON
19-13
3
Final
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Wis.-Whitewater UWWBB
26-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ripon RIPON 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 2
Wis.-Whitewater UWWBB 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 X 7 8 0

W: Spear, Connor (6-0) L: Jack Nelson (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Aldridge Approaches Record as No. 16 Baseball Splits with Ripon

Cal Aldridge (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) belted his team-leading 13th homerun of the season, 44th of his career, in the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team's 7-3 game two victory over Ripon Wednesday afternoon in Whitewater. Aldridge is now three home runs shy of tying the career record of 47 set by Pat Tobiasz, 1995-1998. The Warhawks lost game one of the doubleheader 3-1.

UW-W, 26-9 overall and ranked 16th in the latest D3baseball.com Top 25 and the American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball Top 30, took a 1-0 lead in game two on a solo homer by Mike Aiello (Racine, Wis./Horlick) in the bottom of the second.

Ripon, 19-13 and winners of six of their last seven, tied the game in the top of the third and went ahead 3-1 in the top of the fourth.

Noah Jensen (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) singled in Connor Moroder (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) in the bottom of the fourth to cut the Red Hawk lead to one before the big homer by Aldridge an inning later that gave the Warhawks a 5-3 lead.

The Warhawks added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth to make it 7-3 before Connor Fedders (Franksville, Wis./Union Grove) came on to close things out.

Riley Gruetzmacher (Oconto Falls, Wis./Oconto Falls) started the game and struckout three in four innings before giving way to Connor Spear (Highland, Ind./Mount Carmel (Ill.)) who earned the win after giving up no runs on two hits in four innings. Spear is now 6-0 this season.

Moroder scored the only run for the Warhawks in game one as Ripon notched 14 hits and three runs to defeat UW-W for just the fifth time in program history.

Noah Jensen (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) had a solid day at the plate combining to go 4-for-8 with one run scored and one RBI in the doubleheader.

The Warhawks will host five more games this weekend to conclude regular season play. First up are a pair of doubleheaders with UW-Stevens Point on Friday and Saturday and then a single game against Concordia (Wis.) on Sunday. Friday's doubleheader is slated to begin at 1 p.m., while Saturday is scheduled for a noon start.
 
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