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Dustin Renfroe, Brendan Bilkovic, Dillon McInerney, Jack Schmidt
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Dustin Renfroe, Brendan Bilkovic, Dillon McInerney and Jack Schmidt.
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Northwood NU 27-13, 18-10 GLIAC
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Winner Wayne State WSU 22-14, 14-10 GLIAC
Northwood NU
27-13, 18-10 GLIAC
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Final
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Wayne State WSU
22-14, 14-10 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northwood NU 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 6 2
Wayne State WSU 4 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 X 11 11 0

W: Sommers, Chad (3-3) L: Jake Jekielek (1-4) S: Bilkovic, Brendan (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Baseball Slugs Way to Series Split

The Warriors scored 11 runs on 11 hits, including three home runs.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University baseball team (22-14 overall, 14-10 GLIAC) played spoiler and finished the regular season in style on Sunday at Harwell Field.  The Warriors hit three home runs to win 11-6 over Northwood (27-13 overall, 18-10 GLIAC) and prevented the Timberwolves from celebrating a GLIAC title on their home turf.

The four-member senior class of Dillon McInerney (Richmond, Mich.), Jack Schmidt (Fishers, Ind. / Indianapolis Cathedral), Brendan Bilkovic (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Dustin Renfroe  (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Brother Rice / U of D Jesuit) were honored prior to first pitch.

HOW IT HAPPENED
After a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the first, WSU scored four runs on three hits in the bottom of the frame.  The first run of the day scored on a balk before junior Rudy Ramirez (Brighton, Mich.) blasted a long, majestic two-run home run over the wall in left field.  Graduate student Michael MacLean (Bloomfield Hills, Mich. / Country Day / The Lawrenceville School) made it back-to-back home runs with a solo shot to right center, giving the Green & Gold a 4-0 lead.

Cole Brooks continued to tear the cover off of the baseball and his three-run double in the top of third inning trimmed the home advantage to 4-3.

Wayne State was quick to answer and put up three runs on three hits and an NU error in the bottom of the third inning.  Ramirez and MacLean had back-to-back RBI singles before a passed ball plus a throwing error allowed another run to score and put WSU on top 7-3.

After a sacrifice fly from senior Jacob Finkbeiner (Saline, Mich.) in the bottom of the fourth inning, redshirt junior Hunter DeLanoy (Hartland, Mich.) connected for a two-run home run to right field, extending the home lead to 10-3.  NU got a run back on a fielder's choice RBI in the top of the fifth inning.

Senior Ryne Travis (Lockport, Ill. / Lockport Twp.) sent an RBI single through the left side to give WSU an 11-4 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning.  Brooks drove in two runs in the top of the ninth inning to make the final score 11-6.

AT THE PLATE
DeLanoy finished 3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored.  MacLean went 3-for-3 with two RBI, two runs scored and a walk.  Ramirez had two hits and three RBI.

ON THE MOUND
Junior Chad Sommers (Jonesville, Mich.) (3-3) started and allowed four runs in five and 2/3 innings on four hits and four walks, while striking out two batters.  Bilkovic earned his second save of the season by working three and a 1/3 innings of relief and allowing two runs with two Ks.

UP NEXT
Fifth-seeded Wayne State will play second seed Grand Valley State on Thursday at 10:00 AM in Lansing, Mich. at Cooley Law School Stadium.


 

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