ORLANDO, Fla. - The Coe College baseball team picked up the second split of its Florida schedule earlier on Tuesday, taking one of two games against Mitchell College (CT.). The Kohawk offense put together its best outing of the young season in the first game, racking up 10 hits for 13 runs to outlast the Mariners 13-12.
Jake Brosius, Tyler Bayless and
Mitchell Eckardt all recorded multi-hit games in the win, each registering at least two RBI.
Michael Bonner tossed 2.1 solid-innings of relief for the Kohawks late in the game and turned it over to
Austin Divello who managed to get the final out of the game despite a grand slam that drew the opposition within one run. Both offenses cooled off in the second game, combining for just 12 hits and four runs as the Mariners earned the split with a 3-1 victory. Mitchell took an early lead with a solo shot in the third inning but a
Reid Rausch RBI double tied the game for Coe in the bottom of the sixth. The Mariners threw the final punch with two outs in the top of the seventh, scoring two runs on a double to left field which gave them the lead for good. With the doubleheader split, Coe and Mitchell move to 4-4 and 6-2 respectively.
COE 13 - MITCHELL 12
Game Facts
- The Mariners scored two in the bottom of the first, taking advantage of a walk and two hit batters. Both runs came across on the hit batsmen but Nolan Schroeder stayed poised and got two big outs to limit the damage. Coe quickly answered in the top of the second, pushing two across the plate on RBI from Bayless and Elliott who tied the contest. The Mariners continued the scoring in the bottom of the second, adding three runs on a pair of hits.
- The Kohawks big inning came in the top of the third, exploding for seven runs and four hits to take a 9-5 lead. Eckardt and Brosius reached to begin the inning and Tyce Johnson loaded the bases with a walk. Rausch pulled Coe within two in the next at-bat, walking to plate Eckardt and keep the bases loaded. Bayless picked up another RBI two batters later, singling home Brosius to make it 5-4. Daniel Hawes and Kaden Haller walked home two more runs later in the inning to give the Kohawks their first lead of the game at 6-5. Eckardt blew the game open following a Mariner pitching change, delivering a bases-clearing triple to extend the lead to 9-5.
- The Mariners pulled closer during the next few innings, scoring one in the third and two in the fourth to make it a 9-8 game. Coe pulled away again in the top of the fifth, scoring three runs on three hits as Eckardt and Brosius did damage yet again. Eckardt started the scoring with a two-out single, driving home Tyler Elliott prior to a Brosius triple while plating two Kohawk runners.
- Coe added a crucial insurance run in the top of the seventh inning, making it 13-8 after a balk from the Mariners. Mitchell refused to go quietly in the bottom of the inning, getting a one-out grand slam to pull within one run. Divello buckled down despite the big blast, getting a pair of outs to lock down the win.
MITCHELL 3 - COE 1
Game Facts
- Mitchell threatened first, loading the bases in the top of the second inning but a pick-off from James VanHooser cut down the runner at third for the first out. Caden Richards worked himself out of damage during the next few hitters, recording a pair of strikeouts to keep the game scoreless. The Mariners put the first run on the board in the top of the third, getting a solar homer with one out to go ahead 1-0. Eckardt gave Coe a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the third with a two-out double but Mitchell's starter escaped the trouble with a pop-out.
- The Kohawks had another chance in the bottom of the fourth, putting runners on the corner with two down but again the Mariners got out of the inning with another pop-out. Coe finally cashed in two innings later, getting an RBI double from Rausch who drove home Gavin Guns. Mitchell took the lead for good in the top of the seventh, scoring two runs on a two-out double.
Up next: The Kohawks will be back in action tomorrow for a single game against UW-La Crosse, taking on the Eagles at 11 AM CT.
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