Baseball swept by La Crosse in Mauston

UW-La Crosse 6, UW-Stout 0 | UW-La Crosse 16, UW-Stout 7

MAUSTON (April 24, 2019) - UW-Stout could not get their offense in gear early in both games and dropped both ends of a conference doubleheader to UW-La Crosse Wednesday at the Woodside Sport Complex, falling to the Eagles, 6-0, 16-7.

Defensively, the Blue Devils (13-14, 8-12 WIAC) held their own early in game one, shutting out the Eagles (18-10, 13-3 WIAC) until the sixth inning with La Crosse put a two-spot on the board. Brad Rindfleisch held La Crosse to only one hit over the first five innings, but the Eagles scored two runs in the sixth inning on two hits and left the bases loaded. 

La Crosse scored twice in the eighth and ninth innings. The Blue Devils had a opportunity to get on the board early in the second inning when Joel Thimsen drew a walk, then moved to third on Alex Jinkins double. Stout left two runners on the seventh inning and Jinkins singled in the ninth inning, but was left stranded. 

Jinkins was 2-for-3 in the game. Rindfleisch allowed three hits, struck out four, but walked five and gave up the two earned runs in the sixth before exiting.

In the nightcap, the Eagles scored a run in the second inning, then exploded for six run in the third inning, then added two in the fifth and one in the sixth for a 11-0 lead. 

Stout got things going in the next two innings, scoring four runs in the sixth inning - two on Danny Deis' single. Stout added three more runs in the seventh inning when Deis delivered again, driving in a pair of runs. Deis finished the game 2-for-4 with four RBI. Kyle Hamilton drove in a pair runs for Stout.

The Blue Devil are scheduled to host Macalester College, Thursday, April 25 at 2 p.m. in a pair of seven-inning games.