ORLANDO, Fl. – The Coe College baseball team split a pair of games on its penultimate day in Florida, defeating UW-Stevens Point 4-2 before falling to U Chicago 12-2. The Kohawks benefited from a pitching gem from
Jack Walsh in game one as the sophomore surrendered just four hits and two earned runs while striking out five batters in seven innings. His offense did enough to back him, getting RBI from
John Wille, Tyce Johnson, Jack Allison and
CJ Johnson.
Brady Alexander and
Evan Bender came in from the bullpen for the eighth and ninth innings, keeping the Pointers off the board as Coe extended its winning streak to five. The Kohawk bats struggled in the second game of the day, registering just three hits as U Chicago scored 12 runs on 11 hits. The Maroons took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back, adding two in the fourth before scoring six in the fifth to put it out of reach.
COE 4 - UWSP 2
Game Facts
- Walsh escaped an early jam in the bottom of the second, loading the bases with back-to-back walks and a hit batter before an inning ending groundout. His offense immediately responded as CJ Johnson led off with a single and later scored on a two-out hit from Wille. Coe added two more in the fourth inning to give Walsh more room, getting a leadoff walk from Tyce Johnson before a gap-splitting double from Allison for 2-0. Ryan Thoreson drove home Allison two batters later with a sacrifice fly after Allison was bunted over by Eli Elsbecker. UWSP pulled one back in their half of the fourth, hitting a two-out ground-rule double to cut into the lead. Tyce Johnson delivered another run in the sixth, leading off with a solo shot to restore a three-run advantage. Walsh ran into some more trouble in the seventh and gave one back, hitting the leadoff hitter and allowing a double before a sacrifice fly made it 4-2. Alexander and Bender did well in relief of Coe's starter, locking things down in the final two innings. Alexander got the first two batters and worked around a hit batsmen before Bender earned the save in the ninth, retiring the side in order.
CHICAGO 12 - COE 2 - 7 INNINGS
Game Facts
- U Chicago scored a pair of runs in the first inning, taking the lead and never looking back. The Maroons added two more in the fourth, getting a solo shot and an RBI single after a defensive miscue from Coe. Allison gave Coe its first run in the fourth, hammering a two-out solo homer to make it 4-1. Chicago went on to score six runs in the fifth, pouring on with five hits including three RBI hits. Eckardt plated Coe's final run of the game in the bottom of the inning, making it 10-2 with a sacrifice fly as Austin Gomez scampered home. Chicago proceeded to add a run in the sixth and seventh inning, taking a 12-2 lead before holding Coe in the bottom of the seventh to win via the run rule.
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