CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Coe College baseball team picked up its ninth straight win on Wednesday afternoon, defeating the University of Dubuque 5-2 on a blustery afternoon at Daniels Park. The Kohawks fell behind early, spotting the Spartans a 2-0 lead in the second inning as starting pitcher
Ethan O'Donnell ran into trouble. The North Liberty native avoided more damage with an inning-ending strikeout and settled down throughout the rest of the contest, tossing six innings to turn in a quality start. His offense only mustered one run while he was on the bump, scoring once in the bottom of the third on an RBI single from
Jake Brosius.
Reid Rausch came up clutch later in the game, delivering a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning, putting Coe ahead for good.
Tyce Johnson entered in relief of O'Donnell in top of the seventh and worked the final three frames, getting an inning-ending double play in the seventh before cruising in the eighth and ninth.
COE 5 - DUBUQUE 2
Game Facts
- Dubuque loaded the bases in the top of the first, getting three consecutive two-out base runners to put pressure on Coe. O'Donnell worked out of the jam, striking out the Spartan five-hole hitter to keep it scoreless. UD pounded out four hits in the second inning en route to a pair of runs, getting the bases loaded to start the frame. A double play scored one run for UD but got Coe close to escape. The Spartans managed one more run before the end of the rally, taking a 2-0 lead with an RBI double. Coe got one run back on three hits in the bottom of the third, getting three one-out singles from Mitchell Eckardt, Jon Wille and Brosius, who drove home Eckardt for Coe's first run. The game sped along, with both pitchers finding a groove but UD got to O'Donnell with back-to-back singles to lead of the seventh. Johnson entered and immediately got a strikeout. The senior polished off the seventh in style, inducing an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play to keep it a one-run game. A one-out error in the seventh from the Spartans gave Coe runners on first and second before Brosius walked to load the bases. Rausch delivered the clutch homer on the first pitch of the following at-bat, belting the fourth homer of his season and 11th of his career. Johnson continued on the mound for the final six outs, retiring the side in the eighth while working around a two-out hit batter in the ninth.
Up Next: The Kohawks return to the road for their upcoming weekend series, facing Loras on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20 in a three-game set.
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