The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team opened up conference play with 2 wins against UW-Stout. The #14 Warhawks (12-3, 2-0 WIAC) cruised to a big 14-0 win in the first game of the double header. The Blue Devils (5-5, 0-2 WIAC) made the second game a little closer, but UW-Whitewater came out on top after 9 innings, 6-2.

It was all UW-Whitewater offensively in the first game, and they got things started right away in the first inning. Going though all 9 batters, the Warhawks scored 6 runs, capitalizing on 5 hits and an error. 

The Warhawks added two more runs in the third, making it 8-0. Then in the 6th inning, another 6 runs gave UW-Whitewater what they needed to close out the game. Stout was unable to score in the top of the 7th, so the Warhawks came away with the 14-0 run rule win in 7 innings. 

Batting in the first game, Sam Paden (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) led teh Warhawks going 2 for 4 from the plate with 4 RBIs. Danny Hopper (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) and Alex Najera (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) both recorded 2 RBIs with Eli Frank (Bayport, Wis./Bay Port) hitting a triple. Cade Berendt (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) picked up the win on the mound, pitching all 7 innings. Berendt recorded 11 strikeouts and didn't allow a single run. 

The second game was a little closer, as Stout scored their first run of the day in the top of the first. The Warhawks would answer back in the bottom of the second, with Daryl Jackson hitting a 2-RBI single to retake the lead.

Justin Sedin from Stout hit a homer to left center to tie up the game at 2-a-piece, but it didn't take long for the Warhawks to regain control, with Eli Frank (Bayport, Wis./Bay Port) hitting an RBI double to put the Warhawks up 3-2.

Another three runs in the bottom of the 7th for the Warhawks helped distance themselves from Stout. Stout only recorded two hits in their final three innings, helping the Warhawks with the 6-2 victory. 

In the second game, Daryl Jackson cleaned up the bases fo the Warhawks, hitting in three runs. Andy Thies (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) came in as a late sub, but made the most of his at-bat, with 2 RBIs in the bottom of the 7th. 

Jack Hagen (San Clemente, Cal./San Clemente) earned the win on the mound, pitching 7 innings and recording 9 strikeouts. 

The Warhawks and Blue Devils will continue their series tomorrow, with the first game of the double header starting at 12 PM.