The No. 14 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team posted its second straight shutout Thursday with a 5-0 victory against Rhodes (Tenn.) at Blue Wahoos Stadium in Pensacola, Fla.
The Warhawks (4-2 overall) totaled 10 hits and scored three runs in the bottom of the third to take the lead for good. UW-W held the Lynx (9-10-1) scoreless on seven hits.
Kade Lancour (Nekoosa, Wis./Nekoosa) improved to 2-0 on the season by tossing seven shutout innings, scattering five hits and one walk while striking out six.
Joey Pettit (West Bend, Wis./Marquette University HS) and
Eli Frank (Suamico, Wis./Bay Port) each pitched one shutout frame in relief of Lancour.
Right fielder
Jacob DeMeyer (Harshaw, Wis./Rhinelander) finished 3-for-4 with one run scored and three runs batted in. First baseman
Nick Paget (New Berlin, Wis./West) collected two hits and one RBI, while
Austin Wessel (Hayward, Wis./Hayward) registered two hits and one run scored. Shortstop
Bennett Frazer (Hobart, Wis./Oconto) reached base twice with one hit and one walk and scored two runs.
Wessell tallied the first run of the game, scoring from third on a wild pitch. DeMeyer then singled to left to plate Frazer and left fielder
Matt Scolan (Downers Grove, Ill./South).
DeMeyer knocked a base hit through the left side with one out in the fifth to give UW-W a 4-0 advantage, and after Lancour stranded runners in back-to-back innings, Paget plated DeMeyer on an infield single.
UW-Whitewater takes on Carroll Friday at 10 a.m. Fans can follow the Warhawks on the GameChanger app on your mobile device. See below for instructions.
To follow the Warhawks in Pensacola:
- Download the GameChanger app on your mobile device
- Follow the prompts to create a username and password
- Tap "Find Team"
- Search for University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Click on Warhawks Varsity Baseball (spring 2022)
