Well. 13 baseball wins the last game in Florida

AUBURNDALE, Fla. (March 15, 2023) After playing their first five games in Florida at the Snowbird Baseball Classic, Denison University’s No. 13 baseball team turned its attention to the RussMatt Central Florida Baseball Invitational and a matchup against Farmingdale State College. The last game of their Spring Break trip. Against the Rams, the Big Red won 6-2 after allowing just five hits as a team.

Noah’s body led off the top of the fourth inning with a home run to right field to start the scoring.

Denison’s starting pitcher, Will Rettiglimited the Rams to three hits, no runs and no walks while striking out four over his five innings, but then after a 1-2-3 sixth inning. Patrick NeenanFarmingdale got the lead off with a single to right field followed by a triple up the middle to tie the game at 1-1 in the seventh.

With one out and a pitching change on the mound George Viebrock (3-0), the Rams opted for a squeeze bunt to try to bring the go-ahead run, and it paid off to make it 2-1 Farmingdale in six and a half innings.

In the top of the eighth inning, Leib led off with a walk and was followed by a single through the left side. Jake Welsch.

A wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position, but after a pop to first base and then an intentional walk Kuyper Lashutka load the bases with one out, a swinging strikeout sets the stage Owen Wilson with two outputs.

Wilson was up to the task and singled to shortstop to score Leib and tie the game at 2-2.

The big blow from Big Red then came Erik Sundgrenwho deposited a double to left-center field to clear the bases and make it 5-2 Denison.

After issuing two walks in the bottom of the eighth, Viebrock got a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning, and then Denison added an insurance run on a wild pitch with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the game. ninth.

Nick Falter then came a pitch in the bottom of the ninth and got a swinging strikeout out for number one, a groundout to short out for number two, and a flyout to right field for the final out.

Overall, the Big Red pitching staff allowed just five hits and two walks while striking out seven.

At the plate, Sundgren was 2-for-5, including his three-run double, and Leib was 2-for-4 with a run scored and a home run.

Denison improves to 8-3 on the season, while Farmingdale State moves to 4-6. It was the first matchup between the two teams since the Big Red went 1-1 against the Rams in Port Charlotte, Florida in 2015.