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Game 2 Box
OSHKOSH – The 24th-ranked UW-Stevens Point baseball team managed 15 runs to win game one, but was limited to four runs in a game two loss, as they split with ninth-ranked UW-Oshkosh today at Tiedemann Field.
The Pointers took game one by a score of 15-4 in seven innings to snap the Titans' 12-game winning streak, but fell in game two by a score of 11-4. The split gives the Pointers a record of 20-9 and a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) record of 12-4. The Titans are now 21-6 overall and 16-4 in the conference. Oshkosh swept the Pointers last Wednesday to finish 3-1 against Stevens Point this season.
The Titans got out to a three-run lead thru the first two innings in game one. The Pointers bats woke up in the third as they put five runs on the board. With the bases loaded and two outs, Doug Coe (Appleton/North) (Sr.-Appleton/North) hit a two-run single to left. Justin Bushong (Rhinelander/Rhinelander) (Sr.-Rhinelander) followed with a RBI double. Brandon Scheidler (Chippewa Falls/McDonell) (Sr.-Chippewa Falls/McDonell) then drove in two with a single to center to give Stevens Point a 5-3 lead.
The Pointers got another two-out rally in the fourth as Brad Frank (Slinger/Slinger) (Sr.-Slinger) doubled to left field to score Eric Fritz (Custer/SPASH) (Fr.-Custer/SPASH) to extend the lead to 6-3. After the Titans got a run in the bottom of the fourth, the Pointers came back with another five-run inning in the fifth. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Doug Coe (Appleton/North) scored on a wild pitch. Stewart Larsen (Sturgeon Bay/Sturgeon Bay) (Sr.-Sturgeon Bay) then ripped two-RBI double to center. Still with no one out, Tim Schlosser (Oconomowoc/Oconomowoc) (Sr.-Oconomowoc) hit two-run home run over the left field fence to make the score 11-4.
Stevens Point finished the game off with two runs in both the sixth and seventh inning to win game one by a score of 15-4. It was the most runs allowed this season by Oshkosh. Garrett Nix (Osseo/Osseo-Fairchild) (Jr.-Osseo/Osseo-Fairchild) (6-2) went five innings to get the victory for the Pointers. Doug Coe (Appleton/North) was 4-for-4 with a pair of RBIs to lead the Stevens Point offense.
Game two started quietly as we were scoreless entering the bottom of the fourth. In that bottom frame, Oshkosh got a two-run triple as part of a three-run inning to take a 3-0 lead. The Titans then broke the game open with a five-run sixth inning to make the score 8-0.
Aided by some Oshkosh errors, the Pointers got on the scoreboard in the seventh as Brandon Scheidler (Chippewa Falls/McDonell) and Tim Schlosser (Oconomowoc/Oconomowoc) both crossed home plate. After two quick outs in the bottom of the eighth, the Titans capitalized on a Pointer error to score three in the inning to make it 11-2. Tim Schlosser (Oconomowoc/Oconomowoc) hit a two-run triple in the ninth, but it was not enough as the Titans took game two 11-4.
Mike Thrun (Franklin/Franklin) (Sr.-Franklin) (2-3) picked up the loss for the Pointers. Tim Schlosser (Oconomowoc/Oconomowoc) was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
The Pointers will be in action again on Saturday when they play a doubleheader at UW-Stout. The first game is scheduled to begin at noon.
