The Milwaukee Panthers put up enough offense early in the game to hold on to defeat the Tennessee Volunteers 9-6 on Sunday afternoon.
Milwaukee's offense made quick work of Tennessee's starting pitcher Jerod Peper. The Panthers jumped on him for five runs in just 2.1 innings and saw 10 batters go to the plate in the four run third inning.
Leading the early charge was senior Cole Kraft with two hits (single and a double) and three RBI in the first three innings. Freshman Sam Koenig also provided an early life with two hits in the same span.
The Panthers added their sixth run of the game in the fourth and in the fifth, Ryan Solberg made his case to stay in the line-up. The freshmen took the first pitch he saw out of the yard for a three-run blast to extend the lead to 9-0.
Jordan Guth was great for Milwaukee through four innings, allowing just three hits and no Volunteer runs. However, a high pitch count caught up to the sophomore in the fifth inning and he was removed after giving up 4 runs in the frame.
Reliever Greg Blohowiak was asked to keep the five run lead for the Panthers. He entered with a man on first and one out and after hitting the first two batters he saw, he got Chris Fritts to ground into a 1-2-3 double play.
Blohowiak showed tremendous mental toughness in overcoming the two hit by pitches to get out of the jam. Any more damage in that situation and the complexion of the game would have changed completely.
In total, Blohowiak went 2.2 innings allowing two hits and zero runs to pick up the victory in relief. He gave way to Kyle Spurley in 8th, who recorded two outs and gave up two runs.
Cuyler Franzke was asked to shut the game down for the Panthers and he did just that, giving up no hits in 1.1 innings to pick up the save.
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