CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Coe College baseball team picked up a midweek doubleheader sweep of the University of Dubuque Tuesday afternoon at Daniels Park, defeating the visiting Spartans 8-6 in game one and 10-6 in game two. The Kohawks erased an early 1-0 deficit in the first game, getting a game-tying RBI in the bottom of the first from
Eli Elsbecker before a four-run fifth inning shifted the momentum for good.
Xander Cloudy started on the mound for Coe, allowing just two runs, one earned, and four hits in five innings of work.
Jon Wille, Brent Yonkovic, and
Luke Schieltz all picked up RBI in the key fifth inning, while two more in the sixth for Coe provided key insurance for
Evan Bender and
Will Koll out of the pen. Game two was a game of momentum shifts as Coe raced out to an early 5-0 lead thanks to early RBI from
Ryan Thoreson and Elsbecker and defensive miscues from the Spartans. UD followed up with one in the third and a four-spot in the fourth, quickly tying the game thanks to some clutch hits and a defensive mistake from Coe. The Spartans took the lead in the sixth with one run, but the Kohawks had the final laugh, scoring five times in the bottom of the inning to pull away for good. Thoreson, Wille, Elsbecker and
Will Hosch all picked up RBI in the inning, helping Coe complete the final momentum shift of the contest.
GAME ONE
COE 8 - DUBUQUE 6
- Dubuque took the lead in the first inning, starting the game with a leadoff double before a passed ball allowed the opening run to score. Coe leveled the game in the second, answering with a bases-loaded walk from Elsbecker to make it 1-1. The offense made it 2-1 in the bottom of the second as back-to-back singles from Brosius and Erich Rinderknecht set up Mitchell, who produced a sacrifice fly for 2-1. UD had an answer in the fourth, using a pair of singles and small ball to tie the game at two. Coe broke it open in the bottom of the fifth, scoring four times on five hits. Three straight singles from Mitchell, Thoreson and Wille started the inning as the latter drove home a run for 3-2. Yonkovic made it 5-2 later in the inning, singling home Wille and Thoreson to extend the advantage. Schieltz capped off the big inning, driving home another for the Kohawks with a run-scoring single. UD made inroads in the sixth, cutting into the Kohawk lead with three runs on three hits, including a clutch, two-out, two-run triple to make it 6-5. Coe responded with key insurance in the bottom of the inning, scoring the first on a wild pitch before a bases-loaded walk from Schieltz made it 8-5. Dubuque got one back in the top of the eighth with another RBI triple, but Koll did well to settle down, ending the inning with a strikeout before working around a one-out walk in the ninth.
GAME TWO
COE 10 - DUBUQUE 6
- Coe scored five runs in the first two innings of game two, getting RBI from Thoreson and Elsbecker in the first before an error and two wild pitches made it 5-0. The Spartans scored once in the third and exploded in the fourth, scoring four times on four hits and an error from Coe to make it 5-5. Dubuque managed to grab the lead momentarily in the sixth inning, getting a double and a stolen base before a productive ground ball made it 6-5. The Kohawk offense immediately answered, bashing out six hits for five runs in the bottom of the inning. Schieltz started the inning with a single and moved to third on a sacrifice and a passed ball. After a hit batter, Thoreson and Wille went back-to-back with RBI singles for 7-6 before a two-run double from Elsbecker padded the lead at 9-6. Will Hosch capped off the inning with one final RBI, singling up the middle to plate Elsbecker for 10-6.
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