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RIPON – Jordan Rennicke (Mequon/Homestead)'s nine RBI helped the tenth-ranked UW-Stevens Point baseball team split a nonconference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon as the Pointers won the opener 11-7 before dropping the nightcap 8-6.
The Pointers started game one with a bang, as Rennicke belted a grand slam home run over the right field wall to Stevens Point the 4-0 lead.
In the third, the Pointers tacked on three more runs thanks to a leadoff double by Cody Koback (Plover/SPASH), who came around to score on a Justin Jirschele (Clintonville, WI/Clintonville) double. Rennicke then drove in another two runs two batters later with a double to left-center, giving UWSP a 7-0 lead.
Ripon answered in the home half of the third inning with three runs of their own and tacked on another run in the fifth to cut the Pointers lead to three, 7-4.
Rennicke tacked on another RBI in the seventh with his third hit of the day, a double to right center and drove in his eighth run of the day in the ninth inning with a double down the right field line.
Koback earned the victory on the mound, his second of the season, pitching 4 2/3 innings allowing four runs, three earned and striking out eight. Scott Williams (Baraboo/Baraboo) threw 2-plus innings of four hit ball while Ryan Iverson (Eau Claire, WI/Eau Claire North) threw two innings of mop-up work, not allowing a hit.
In game two the Pointers belted out 17 hits but committed three errors and stranded 10 runners as Ripon (3-11) salvaged the split.
Eric Van Beck (Hartland/Arrowhead) threw three innings, allowing five runs, four earned but did not factor into the decision. Cam Seidl (Appleton, WI/Fox Valley Lutheran) took the loss, allowing two runs, both earned.
Sean Gerber (Stoughton, WI/Stoughton) finished game two 4-for-5 with an RBI while Dan Douglas (East Troy, WI/East Troy) tallied three hits and Jirschele drove in a pair of runs in the loss.
UW-Stevens Point (9-4) is scheduled to open the 2011 home portion of their schedule on Saturday, April 9th when the Warhawks of UW-Whitewater visit University Field in Stevens Point for a four game weekend series.
Be sure to visit http://athletics.uwsp.edu for up-to-date schedule information and news of any possible weather related cancelations/postponements.
