CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Coe College baseball team saw its American Rivers Conference tournament run come to a close Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium, falling 6-5 to the sixth-seeded Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves in an elimination game. The Kohawks fell behind on a two-run single in the top of the first inning but battled back to take a 5-2 advantage into the late innings. Coe left the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth in search of insurance and paid the ultimate price in the ninth as Nebraska Wesleyan flipped the game on its head with a four spot, taking the lead with a softly-hit single up the middle that barely squeaked past the Coe infielders. The Kohawks, who outhit the Prairie Wolves 10-8 for the game, went quietly in the bottom of the ninth, going in order as NWU ended the tournament title hopes.
NWU 6 - COE 5
Game Facts
- Nebraska Wesleyan was on it early, getting three hits in the opening frame including back-to-back singles to lead off before a two-run single later on. Coe came to life in the bottom of the third with two outs as Jon Wille and Jake Brosius reached via free passes. Ryan Thoreson tied the game two batters later with a two-run single, bring Coe back into the contest. The second-seeded Kohawks took their first lead in the bottom of the fifth, using three hits and a pair of defensive miscues from NWU to go in front. A two-out single from Tyce Johnson first made it 3-2 prior to an infield hit from Jack Allison to extend the advantage to 4-2. Allison brought home another key insurance run in the bottom of the seventh with a safety squeeze play, plating Tyce Johnson who made it 5-2. Nebraska Wesleyan stranded the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth and rode the momentum into the top of the ninth, scoring four times on three hits to take the lead for good. NWU made it 5-4 with a bases-loaded single to left and a fielder's choice that gave Coe its first out of the frame. The Prairie Wolves got the job done with two gone in the inning, using a softly-hit grounder up the middle to take a 6-5 lead which it held easily with a 1, 2, 3 frame in the bottom.
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