March 24: Around the Horn

Platteville Swept in St. Louis by Wash U
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville baseball team dropped a doubleheader to host Washington University-St. Louis, 12-0 and 5-3 on a chilly Friday afternoon in St. Louis.

The Bears outhit the Pioneers by an 18 to 7 margin in the doubleheader sweep, including holding UW-Platteville to just one hit in the nightcap.

Washington University-St. Louis (13-11) got a complete game shutout from Taylor Berman, who raised his record to 3-0 in the process.

The Bears scored four times in both the first and fifth inning and twice in the second and fourth as well as capitalized on nine walks by Pioneer pitching in the win.

The Pioneers' Trevor Kattre paced a UW-Platteville attack with two hits in the loss for his fourth multi-hit game of the season.

In the nightcap, the Pioneers again were done in by first inning damage by the Bears. Washington University raced out to a 3-0 opening the frame.

UW-Platteville got on the board in its half of the second when after back-to-back walks to start the inning, Brad Milka drove in Demmon to cut the deficit to 3-1.

However, the Bears plated two more when they capitalized on a pair of UW-Platteville errors in its half of the inning to stretch the lead to 5-1.

The Pioneers rallied for two runs without a single hit in the fourth to cut into the Bears lead. To begin the inning, the Pioneers loaded the bases on three-straight walks which prompted a pitching change. Next, back-to-back RBI fielder's choices by Tyler Jacobson and Brad Milka cut the deficit to 5-3.

Out of the bullpen, in relief of starter Trevor Hall, Pioneers' Shane Murphy and Grant Oldenburg pitched the final 5 1/3, giving up just four hits and allowed just an unearned run for UW-Platteville.

Oshkosh Gets Win over College of Wooster
For already the fourth time on the season, Oshkosh defeated the College of Wooster by a score of 17-1.

Matt Wells went the distance on the mound for the Titans striking out five and only allow five hits in earning the victory.

The story of the game was the Titans offense. Derek Hiroskey was the star of the game, as he went 6-6 with six RBI, three runs and two doubles. Jake Dostalek and Derek Layton each chipped in three hits. Alex Mullendore hit a solo home run as well for the Titans.

Oshkosh also played Carroll college yesterday. Check that game out in our Game of the Week section!

Pointers Defeat Southern Maine, Lose to St. Olaf
Stevens Point split a pair of games to move to 6-3 on the Florida slate of their schedule.

No box score is available for the 12-4 victory over Southern Maine.

In the game two loss to St. Olaf, the Pointers surrendered seven runs in the seventh to eventually lose 10-6. The Pointers were able to get 11 hits in the game, but could not make the most of their opportunities.

Dan Douglas led the charge with three hits while Justin Jirschele  and Jared Surman each added two hits.

Stevens Point surprisingly struggled on the hill with Eric Van Beck, Cody Koback and Ryan Iverson all having troubles.

Weather is absolutely killing the baseball schedule right now. Hopefully we can get the sun out before schedules get too far behind!