UW-Stout 11, Finlandia University 1 (7 inn) |
UW-Stout 11, Finlandia University 1 (7 inn)
SUN PRAIRIE (April 7, 2019) - UW-Stout needed only 14 total innings to complete a four-game conference sweep over Finlandia University, winning both games Sunday at Summit Field by identical seven-inning 11-1 scores.
Over the weekend, 11 Stout pitchers ganged up on Finlandia and executed 42 total strikeouts. The Blue Devils (10-5, 5-3 WIAC) allowed only three runs over the four games, outscoring the Lions, 37-3, and out-hitting Finlandia 44-21. The Blue Devils recorded seven total doubles and two home and allowed no Finlandia (3-17, 0-8 WIAC) extra-base hits. Stout pitchers gave up eight walks and two hit batters. As a team, Stout hit .352 and held Finlandia to .186. In the field, Stout committed only two errors in 129 chances for a fielding percentage of .984.
In the opener,
Aaron Plotsky struck out 10 and scattered three hits to pick up his second win of the season.
Phil Schmit saw his first action of the season, pitching the seventh inning, striking out two and getting a ground out.
The Blue Devils put the bat on the ball, getting 10 hits with three doubles and three players each had a sacrifice fly.
Stout took a 1-0 lead after one inning, then exploded for six runs in the second inning. Designated hitter
Joel Thimsen, who had a sacrifice fly in the first inning, drove in two runs, whle
Charlie Szykowny and
Caleb Hurt each plated a run. The Lions committed two errors, which led to two more runs.
Jordan Wilson scored
Danny Deis on a sacrifice fly in the third. Stout added two runs in the fourth, with
Jared Jarvensivu doubling in a run to give Stout a 10-0 lead. The Lions scored a run in the sixth, but the Blue Devils got what would prove to be the game-ending run when Deis scored
Reid Akerman on a sacrifice fly.
Wilson was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.
Kasey Bass was 2-for-2. Thimsen stayed hot with three RBI on the day. Jarvensivu had two RBI.
In the second game, Stout scored four runs in the second and four runs in the third to take an 8-0 lead, then added a run in the fifth on
Kasey Bass' solo home run, his second of the season. Finlandia got on the board in the sixth inning, but added two more runs in the sixth.
Logan Langbehn came on in the seventh inning, allowing a lead-off hit, but forced a double play and a fly ball to end the game.
Cody Urban notched his second win of the season, striking out seven.
Jace Baumann struck out two and
Robert Pilz one. The Blue Devils allowed eight hits and the Stout offense had nine hits.
Bass was 3-for-3 at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored. Jarvensivu was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.
Charlie Szykowny was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI.
Bass, playing on his high school field, led Stout at the plate over the weekend, hitting .615 8-13 with two doubles, one home run and four RBI. Wilson hit .533 (8-15) on the weekend with a pair of doubles and two stolen bases. Szykowny was 7-for-15 (.467) with four RBI. Javensivu was 6-for-14 (.429) with five RBI. Thimsen proved to be very productive in the designated hitter's spot, driving in six RBI. Nine Blue Devils recorded at least one RBI on the weekend.
The four-game conference sweep was the first since the 2007 season when the Blue Devils took all four games from UW-Platteville.
The Blue Devils are scheduled to host UW-La Crosse, Wednesday, April 10 at 1 p.m., weather permitting, then will be at UW-Whitewater, April 13-14.
