UW-Stout 7, UW-Oshkosh 4 |
UW-Oshkosh 12, UW-Stout 9
MENOMONIE (April 17, 2021) - UW-Stout pounded out six home runs on the day and earned a split with UW-Oshkosh, winning the first game 7-4, but falling in the second, 12-9.
Kasey Bass and
Hunter Merrill each had two home runs and
Alex Jinkins andÂ
Colin Hageman each had one. Bass had two home runs in the second game and finished with five RBI in the contest, going 2 for 4. Merrill had a home run in each game, collecting two RBI in the first on a two-run shot, then had a solo shot in the second game. Jinkins and Hageman hit single home runs in the opening game, with Hageman delivering a two-run home run in a three-run second inning.Â
Stout had two big innings in the opening game, scoring three runs in the second and four runs in the eighth. Jinkins scored on an error and Hageman's two-run blast tallied the three runs in the second inning. Oshkosh pulled to within 3-2 with a solo run in the third, tied the game in the sixth and too the lead in the eighth.
Merrill delivered a two-run shot in the eighth inning and Jinkins, following Merrill in the order, lifted a solo shot. Jack Shirpke had a sacrfice fly.
In the second game, Stout fell behing 9-0, making a comeback in the fourth inning. Bass hit a three-run home run and Merrill followed right behind with a solo shot. Stout added two runs in the fifth inning and Hageman's single drove in a run in the sixth and Stout trailed, 9-7. The Titans extended the lead to 12-7 with a three-run seventh. Bass hit his second home run of the game, a two-run blast, in the seventh inning in what would prove to be the end of the scoring in the game.
Stout will host UW-La Crosse, Tuesday, April 20, then will be at La Crosse, Friday, April 23 before returning to host the Eagles Saturday, April 24.
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