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 Scott Martin scored on a double plus error. |
April 8, 2006
DETROIT - Six Wayne State hitters recorded two hits and the first three batters combined for six runs as the Warriors (8-21, 6-5 GLIAC) topped Hillsdale College (11-11, 4-5 GLIAC), 9-2, in a GLIAC doubleheader Saturday in Detroit.
Redshirt junior Jon Weisman (Woodhaven, Mich.) started WSU's offense with a lead-off single in the second. Then Weisman and Tim George (Quincy, Mich.), who laid down a perfect bunt for a hit earlier, scored with two outs for a 2-0 lead.
The Chargers came right back with a pair in the third, but Wayne State's defense was solid as double plays got the Warriors out of three of the first four innings.
WSU broke the game open with a four-run fifth inning thanks to five hits and two errors. Catcher Matt Cunningham (Gregory, Mich.) began the inning with a single up the middle on a 3-2 count. Three straight bunts by WSU, two of which went for base hits, helped score Cunningham and Jason Chapieski (Windsor, Ont.). Weisman roped an RBI-single to right for the final run of the inning.
In the sixth, back-to-back doubles by Chapieski and Kyle Miller (Farmington Hills, Mich.) amounted to another Warrior run. Then Scott Martin (Ann Arbor, Mich.) doubled and came all the way around on an error to score the final run of the game.
On the mound, junior Kyle Hill (Mississauga, Ont.) got in a groove with by sitting down nine of the final 10 batters. He won his third straight decision (3-3) with a complete-game seven-hitter. Hill struck out five Chargers and walked just one.
Chapieski, Martin, Weisman, George, Cunningham and Derek Ranck (Clarkston, Mich.) all had two hits apiece for the Warriors who snapped their six-game losing streak.
