LAKE MYRTLE, FL – The University of Mary jumped out to leads in both games of a non-conference doubleheader against West Virginia Wesleyan before the Bobcats rallied to score a combined 11 sixth-inning runs in the two games, catapulting WVW to a pair of wins over the Marauders 9-6 and 7-3.
GAME 1 West Virginia Wesleyan 9 UMary 6
Jesus Payan pounded out three of the Marauders season-high 13 hits in a 9-6 loss to the Bobcats. Wesleyan had 11 hits of their own and exploded for five runs in the sixth inning.
PIVOT POINT
UMary grabbed leads of 2-0 and 4-3 but Wesleyan battled back both times. The Bobcats snapped a 4-4 tie with a 5-run sixth inning, using three hits and two errors.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Jesus Payan finished 3-for-4 with a run scored
Braeton Wixo finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored
Leadoff hitter
Connor Doll was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored, a double and a steal
Daulton Sauce had two hits in four at bats and drove in two runs
Darius Barlas had two hits
Eric Forbrick and Alex Skinner both had three hits for the Bobcats
STAT OF THE GAME
The Marauders outhit the Bobcats 13-11 but Wesleyan hitters also walked six times and took advantage of three UMary errors.
GAME 2 Bobcats 7 Marauders 3
A scoreless game until the Marauders scored twice in the fifth inning on a
Jaxon Ford two-run single, the Bobcats responded with six runs – five unearned – in the sixth on just two hits and a UMary error.
PIVOT POINT
Immediately after the Marauders scored the opening two runs of the game in the fifth inning, the Bobcats scored six times in the top of the sixth inning. A 2-run triple by Ryan Kiser closed out the inning.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Travis Holte allowed just three hits and one earned run in 5.1 innings, striking out two.
Charles Bielejeski was the losing pitcher in both games for the Marauders, allowed two runs in both games. Both runs allowed in the second game were unearned.
Jesus Payan,
Darius Barlas and
Jaxon Ford each had one of the Marauders three hits. Barlas drove in one run and Ford two.
Chris Scott,
Daulton Sauce and
Chris Thedinga scored runs for UMary.
Ryan Kiser drove in two runs for Wesleyan and Tanner McCallister scored twice.
Michael Maiola struck out seven and allowed two hits and three runs in 5.1 innings for WVW.
STAT OF THE GAME
After scoring five runs in the sixth inning of game one, the Bobcats scored six runs in the sixth inning of game two.
ON DECK
The Marauders close out their 2019 sprig trip to Florida with games against fellow Northern Sun member Sioux Falls and Northwood University on Saturday, March 9.
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