DECATUR, Ill. - The Coe College baseball team suffered its first two losses of the 2023 season on Sunday, falling 4-2 to #6 UW-Stevens Point before dropping a 7-1 decision to Millikin. Coe fell behind early in the matchup with last season's NCAA regional opponent, spotting the Pointers three runs in the top of the third inning. Coe battled back and slice the deficit to one on a single from
Reid Rausch but the opponents added an insurance run in the fifth and thwarted any comeback attempt from the Kohawks late in the game. Millikin also jumped out to an early lead over Coe, grabbing one run in the first and third inning. Rausch answered again for the Kohawks in the fourth, slicing the deficit to just one with his first home run of the season. The Big Blue went on to score three in the sixth and two in the seventh, adding the extra insurance runs en route to the victory. The losses drop Coe to 1-2 on the season while UWSP and Millikin move to 2-0 and 8-3 respectively.
#6 UWSP 4 - COE 2
Game Facts
- The Pointers and Kohawks both went quiet in the first two innings, combining for just one base runner early on. UWSP struck first in the top of the third, taking advantage of two leadoff walks with a two-out single that scored a pair of runs. The inning continued following the single as the Pointers pushed one more run across but a key strikeout for Coe limited the damage to three.
- The Kohawks got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, using three hits to claw back into the game. Jacob Brosius and Tyce Johnson posted back-to-back one-out singles to put runners on the corner. Following a failed double-steal attempt, Rausch came through for the Kohawks with an RBI double to left, plating Johnson to make it 3-1.
- UWSP quickly regained a three-run advantage, answering Coe's score with another two-out RBI to go ahead 4-1. The Kohawks pushed their final run across in the bottom of the seventh, getting a pair of hits including an RBI single from Jack Allison who drove Rausch home. Coe was unable to muster any further threats in the remainder of the game, sending just six batters to the plate in the final two innings.
MILLIKIN 7 - COE 1
Game Facts
- The Big Blue quickly took advantage of some Coe mistakes early in the second game, capitalizing on three free passes and a passed ball to take an early 1-0 lead. Millikin added another run two innings later, making the score 2-0 with a two-out single to right field. Coe's lone run of the game came in the top of the fourth on Rausch's first homer of the year as the senior launched one to right to get the Kohawks on the board. Millikin managed the remainder of the game, shutting Coe out while adding insurance runs in the sixth and seventh innings.
Up next: Coe will head to Florida next week for its annual Spring Break trip that begins on Saturday, March 11 with a contest against Wheaton College at 9 AM CT.
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