WSU Baseball - 2009 Season
Feb 27, 2009 23:37:05 GMT -5
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Wright State Baseball Picks Up First Victory of the Season at Tulane, 12-6
Raiders Hit Three Home Runs, One Triple and Three Doubles in Victory and Junior Alex Kaminsky Tossed 6.2 Innings to Pick Up the Victory Agaisnt Tulane
Feb. 27, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Three home runs and solid pitching performance from Alex Kaminsky in relief helped the Wright State baseball team collect their first victory of the season at Tulane, 12-6, on Friday evening at Turchin Stadium. The Green and Gold collected a season-high in runs and this, while pounding out seven extra-base hits in the contest.
The Raiders got our to an early lead when R.J. Gundolff smacked a leadoff triple to the left field and scored on a groundout by Quentin Cate. Casey McGrew doubled to center field and Jeff Mercer brought him home with a ground rule double to left-center to push WSU out to a 2-0 lead.
Tulane (3-3 overall) scored a run in their half of the first, but the Green and Gold added to their lead in the third inning with five runs on four hits. McGrew and Kyle Mossbarger each drove in RBI’s with base hits, while Mercer smacked a three-run home run to center field to cap the inning and give WSU a 7-1 advantage.
Durket worked into some trouble in the bottom half of the third inning, giving up two runs and leaving the bases loaded before being replaced by Kaminsky. Kaminsky coaxed a ground ball, double play to end the inning and hold the Raiders at 7-3.
In the start, Durket tossed 2.1 innings with two strikeouts and three walks. The senior allowed three runs on four hits in a no decision.
Kaminsky gave up a solo home run with two outs in the fourth inning to Nick Boullosa, cutting the lead to 7-4, but McGrew struck with a towering two-run homer in the top of the fifth. Ryan Ashe added an RBI single to push the lead to 10-4 and ended the day for Tulane starting pitcher Conrad Flynn.
In the sixth inning, Gundolff doubled and later scored on a wild pitch to score the first run of the frame. Cate then send a ball 395 feet to left-center field and Wright State led 12-4 heading to the bottom of the sixth inning.
Kaminsky finished the game with 6.2 innings of work to pick up the victory in his first appearance of the season. He allowed three runs on five hits to go along with three strikeouts.
In the game, Wright State stranded only two base runners, while Tulane left seven runners aboard. The Raiders cranked out a season-high 12 hits and 12 runs and struck out only five times – a season-low for the team.
McGrew paced the WSU offence at the plate with four hits, three runs scored and three RBI’s. Mercer drove in four RBI’s and scored a pair of runs, while Cate collected a pair of runs batting in to supplement his three runs scored. Mossbarger extended his hitting streak to four games and Gundolff scored two runs for WSU in the victory.
Wright State – now 1-4 on the season – will return to the field for a double-header on Saturday, February 28 starting at 1:00 Dayton time. In game one, Rylan Ostrosky will get the start on the mound for Wright State and Travis LaMar will toss the nightcap.
Wright State Baseball Picks Up First Victory of the Season at Tulane, 12-6
Raiders Hit Three Home Runs, One Triple and Three Doubles in Victory and Junior Alex Kaminsky Tossed 6.2 Innings to Pick Up the Victory Agaisnt Tulane
Feb. 27, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Three home runs and solid pitching performance from Alex Kaminsky in relief helped the Wright State baseball team collect their first victory of the season at Tulane, 12-6, on Friday evening at Turchin Stadium. The Green and Gold collected a season-high in runs and this, while pounding out seven extra-base hits in the contest.
The Raiders got our to an early lead when R.J. Gundolff smacked a leadoff triple to the left field and scored on a groundout by Quentin Cate. Casey McGrew doubled to center field and Jeff Mercer brought him home with a ground rule double to left-center to push WSU out to a 2-0 lead.
Tulane (3-3 overall) scored a run in their half of the first, but the Green and Gold added to their lead in the third inning with five runs on four hits. McGrew and Kyle Mossbarger each drove in RBI’s with base hits, while Mercer smacked a three-run home run to center field to cap the inning and give WSU a 7-1 advantage.
Durket worked into some trouble in the bottom half of the third inning, giving up two runs and leaving the bases loaded before being replaced by Kaminsky. Kaminsky coaxed a ground ball, double play to end the inning and hold the Raiders at 7-3.
In the start, Durket tossed 2.1 innings with two strikeouts and three walks. The senior allowed three runs on four hits in a no decision.
Kaminsky gave up a solo home run with two outs in the fourth inning to Nick Boullosa, cutting the lead to 7-4, but McGrew struck with a towering two-run homer in the top of the fifth. Ryan Ashe added an RBI single to push the lead to 10-4 and ended the day for Tulane starting pitcher Conrad Flynn.
In the sixth inning, Gundolff doubled and later scored on a wild pitch to score the first run of the frame. Cate then send a ball 395 feet to left-center field and Wright State led 12-4 heading to the bottom of the sixth inning.
Kaminsky finished the game with 6.2 innings of work to pick up the victory in his first appearance of the season. He allowed three runs on five hits to go along with three strikeouts.
In the game, Wright State stranded only two base runners, while Tulane left seven runners aboard. The Raiders cranked out a season-high 12 hits and 12 runs and struck out only five times – a season-low for the team.
McGrew paced the WSU offence at the plate with four hits, three runs scored and three RBI’s. Mercer drove in four RBI’s and scored a pair of runs, while Cate collected a pair of runs batting in to supplement his three runs scored. Mossbarger extended his hitting streak to four games and Gundolff scored two runs for WSU in the victory.
Wright State – now 1-4 on the season – will return to the field for a double-header on Saturday, February 28 starting at 1:00 Dayton time. In game one, Rylan Ostrosky will get the start on the mound for Wright State and Travis LaMar will toss the nightcap.