DETROIT -- On a rainy Sunday in Midtown, the Wayne State University baseball program (29-16, 19-9 GLIAC) concluded the home league season against Grand Valley State (28-18, 16-12 GLIAC) and just like the previous 10 meetings, the Warriors and Lakers split the doubleheader. Behind a strong pitching performance from
Addison Pawelek (Shelby Twp., Mich. / De La Salle) (3-3) and a two-RBI game from
Brad Baldwin (Troy, Mich. / Bishop Foley Catholic), WSU won game one 5-0 before falling 11-1 in the series finale.
Prior to first pitch, WSU honored its nine-member senior class including
Jeremy Carrell (St. Clair, Mich.),
Cole Clifton (Sterling Heights. Mich. / De La Salle),
Griffin Harms (Bingham Farms, Mich. / Birmingham Groves),
Chris Horvath (Lakeshore, Ont.),
Randy Kuzdak (Redford, Mich. / Dearborn Divine Child),
Dennis Olszewski (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Gabriel Richard),
Justin Sherman (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Pioneer),
Tyler Tompson (Farmington, Mich.) and
Sean Winkelseth (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
GAME ONE (W, 5-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Green & Gold scored two runs on four hits in the bottom of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead. Carrell doubled off the wall to begin the rally and scored on a Baldwin single. Harms plated the inning's second run with an RBI single through the left side.
- The Warriors added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on three hits and a GVSU error. Carrell drove in a run and Patrick Adams (Detroit, Mich. / De La Salle) followed with a bases-loaded walk. Baldwin capped the inning with another RBI single.
- Pawelek kept the Lakers quiet in the fifth before
Nolan Dill (Bowling Green, Ohio) replaced the sophomore in the sixth inning to record the final five outs.
AT THE PLATE
- Baldwin went 2-for-4 with two RBI, while Carrell finished 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored.
ON THE MOUND
- Pawelek struck out four batters in five and 1/3 innings, while not allowing a run. Dill pitched an inning and 2/3 and struck out three batters.
GAME TWO (L, 1-11)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Lakers scored two runs in the second inning, two in the third inning, three in the fifth inning, three in the sixth inning and a run in the seventh inning to overwhelm WSU and win game two 11-1.
- An RBI single from Carrell in the fifth inning accounted for the home team's lone run.
ON THE MOUND
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Tyler Waldrop (Grand Ledge, Mich. ) (2-3) pitched five innings and allowed six earned runs.
Brendan Wetmore (Westland, Mich. / John Glenn),
Josh Nelson (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Saline) and
Richard Hovde (Saline, Mich.) pitched the final four innings.
UP NEXT
- Wayne State will play its final home contest against Lawrence Tech on Wednesday at 2 p.m.