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04.17.08
- The Foresters took both games of a doubleheader from Indiana
Wesleyan University, but in very different manners as they won the
first 3-1 in eight innings and the second 10-0 in five.
In the opener, Adam Farris sent one deep in the top of the second to
give HU a 1-0 lead. The Wildcats evened things up with a run in
the bottom of the sixth and when neither team scored in the seventh,
they headed to extra innings. In the top of the eighth, Alex
Rinearson reached base when IWU's Jeff Pierce bobbled his ground ball.
After the next two batters struck out, Edwin Rodriguez belted a
two-run homerun to give the Foresters the lead.
Korey Grow came on in relief of
starter Michael Dalton in the bottom of the eighth and picked up his
sixth save on the year. Dalton moved to 5-2 on the season with
the win. He gave up one run on four hits and two walks while
striking out three. Austan Kas went 2-3 in the leadoff spot for
HU and Rodriguez led the team with his two RBI.
In the nightcap, pitcher Drew Taylor
got a lot of help from his offense to go along with his two-hit gem on
the mound. His pin-point precision led to nine strikeouts and no
free passes in five innings of shutout baseball.
The Foresters blew the game open with
seven hits and seven runs in the top of the second. The big
blows in the inning included a two-run single from Grow and a
three-run homerun from Rinearson. HU added a pair in the third
and a solo round-tripper from Farris, his second of the day, in the
fourth to complete the scoring.
Grow led the Foresters at the plate
with three hits and three RBI. Rinearson also chipped in three
RBI in the win.
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