DUBUQUE, Iowa - Coe College Baseball head coach
Steve Cook hit another career milestone on Saturday afternoon, earning his 600th win in charge of the Kohawks as his team defeated Loras 20-2. Coe took the opening game of the series on Friday evening 10-5 before the second game was suspended due to rain with the Kohawks in front 15-1 after five innings. Cook's team secured the landmark victory over the Duhawks earlier on Saturday, finishing off the contest from Friday evening. Coe quickly jumped ahead in the opening game of the series, getting a pair of runs in the first inning but Loras responded with three in bottom to take the lead. The Duhawks added two more to their total in the third but Coe exploded for eight runs in the sixth to flip the momentum in its favor. The high-scoring inning featured seven hits but none more damaging than
Jack Allison's second homer of the year as the junior belted a go-ahead grand slam with the game tied at five. Coe's offense continued to surge in game two, scoring 15 runs in the opening three innings. The Kohawks returned to action on Saturday and finished the job, securing Cook's 600th win in style with five more runs in the seventh. Loras bounced back in the third and final game of the series, earning a 6-5 decision thanks to a ninth-inning walk-off homer. With the results, Coe ends the regular season with a 22-15 record and a 14-10 mark in the A-R-C while Loras moves to 25-15 and 15-9 in the league.
GAME ONE
COE 10 - LORAS 5
Game Facts
- Coe struck first in the opening game of the series, getting a pair of runs on an error from the Duhawks in the first. Tyler Elliott put the ball in play that caused the issues for Loras, pushing two runs across to open the scoring. Loras quickly answered, getting three runs on four hits in the bottom of the first to regain momentum. The Duhawks added two more runs later in the third, getting a pair of RBI to extend their lead to 5-2.
- The Kohawks finally broke through again the sixth, exploding for eight runs on seven hits and one Duhawk error. Elliott reached on the miscue to start the inning and was immediately driven home by Kevin Lamb. Kaden Haller and James VanHooser tied the score later in the inning, recording back-to-back RBI singles to make it 5-5. Allison delivered the damaging blow two batters later, crushing his second homer of the year over the left-center wall to clear the bases. Lamb added another RBI before the end of the sixth, driving home Creighton Kreshel with a single to make it 10-5. Coe's bullpen handled the remaining innings as Drew Osterman and Jacob Schmit combined for four scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and one walk as they secured the series-opening win.
GAME TWO
COE 20 - LORAS 2
Game Facts
- The offense wasted no time again in game two, getting five runs on five hits in the first frame. Kreshel opened Coe's tally with a run-scoring single, driving home Allison for a 1-0 lead. Tyler Bayless picked up a clutch two-out hit later in the rally, driving home three runners with a bases-loaded double to make it 4-0. Haller picked up another two-out RBI to extend the lead one batter later, driving home Bayless with a double to right.
- Coe added four more runs in the second, getting an additional six hits along the way. Jake Brosius cashed in with a two-RBI single to extend the lead to 7-0 before Kreshel and Elliott recorded back-to-back RBI for a 9-0 advantage. The run scoring continued in the third as Coe added six more runs. Mitchell Ekcardt opened the tally in the frame with a single to score Haller before Kreshel delivered a bases-loaded triple, scoring Allison, Eckardt and VanHooser to make it 13-0. Elliott capped off the explosive start for Coe in the next at-bat, smoking his first homer of the year to left for a 15-0 lead.
- The Kohawks returned to the diamond on Saturday afternoon and picked up where they left off, adding five runs on four hits in the top of the seventh to put Loras away for good. Bayless and Haller opened the account for Coe with back-to-back RBI singles before the first out of the inning. Eckardt then made it 18-1, driving home Bayless with his fourth hit of the game. Brosius end the scoring for Coe later in the frame, driving home a pair of runs with a double to left field. Loras got one run back in the bottom of the seventh but Caden Richards slammed the door, getting a game-ending flyout to clinch Cook's 600th victory.
GAME THREE
LORAS 6 - COE 5
Game Facts
- The Kohawks had another good start in the final game of the series, getting two runs in the first and second inning to grab a 4-0 lead. Kreshel and Elliott started the scoring in the first, getting a pair of two-out RBI hits to make it 2-0. Coe added two more runs in the second, getting an RBI groundout from Eckardt before a two-out single from Allison for a 4-0 lead.
- Loras answered in the bottom of the second, getting a two-run homer with two out to slice the deficit in half. The Duhawks knotted the score at four just one inning later, getting two runs on three hits and one Coe error. Loras added another and took its first lead in the fifth, getting a one-out single to go up 5-4. Coe reset the score in the seventh after a quiet stretch, getting the game-tying run on an RBI single from Daniel Hawes. Loras avoided the sweep later in the contest, getting a walk-off victory thanks to a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth.
Up next: Coe earns the fourth seed in next week's A-R-C tournament and returns to action on Thursday, May 11, taking on Dubuque in the opening game of the tournament at Veterans Stadium at 11 AM.
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