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Video ArchiveMENOMONIE (May 3, 2015) - UW-Stout was not able to send their seniors out on a winning note as the Blue Devils fell in their two final games of the season to UW-Whitewater, dropping decisions of 5-1, 17-5, Sunday at Nelson Field.
Hoping to play the spoiler role on Senior Day, the Warhawks completed the sweep and earned the conference crown. Whitewater will host the WIAC Baseball Championship, May 8-10.
Stout (17-22 5-19 WIAC) stayed competitive with the defending national champion in the opener. The Warhawks (30-7, 18-6 WIAC) took a 2-0 lead in the fifth as
Hayden Bowe held them to only two hits over the first four innings. An RBI double by Daytona Bryden and an RBI single by Trey Cannon put the deuce on the board for the Warhawks.
Stout cut the lead in half in the seventh inning.
Charlie Meyer doubled with one outand moved to third on
Hunter Dicus' infield single. Following a flyout,
Kasey Kruse punched in Meyer with a single. But that would be it as the Warhawks added two runs in the eighth and another in the ninth.
Bowe tossed his third complete game of the season, allowing eight hits and three earned runs. He struck out three. His counterpart, Colin Grove, also went the distance, allowing five hits and striking out four.
In the nightcap, the Warhawks put eight runs on the board in the second inning. Stout responded with a single run in the bottom half of the inning on Kruse's RBI single, scoring Meyer.
Stout cut the lead to 8-3 with a two-run fourth on RBIs by
Hunter Dicus and Kruse. The Blue Devils added another run on
Brady Burzynski's RBI double in the fifth.
The Warhawks put up another crooked number, scoring five runs in the fifth inning. Stout added a run in the sixth on
Jake Johnson's sacrifice fly. The Warhawks added a run in the eighth and three in the ninth.
Kruse finished the afternoon with three RBI, one in the first game, and two in the second. Meyer was 3-for-8 on the day with four runs scored.
Burzynski had the school's single season stolen base record in site. He came into the game with 24 stolen bases, and needed two to tie Brad O'Connell's mark of 26 set in 2000. He was gunned down on his only steal attempt.
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