STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Senior pitcher
Ben Miller (Union Grove, Wis./Union Grove) tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts, but the effort was not rewarded as the UW-Stevens Point baseball team (24-14, 15-9) suffered a doubleheader sweep to No. 11 UW-Oshkosh (28-7, 15-5) on Monday at University Field. The Titans rallied for a 5-3 walk-off win in the opening game and won by the same score in game two.
Jordan Carlson (Madison, Wis./Madison La Follette) had three hits on the day, including his first home run of the season. Freshman
Payton Nelson (Wausau, Wis. /West) continued his impressive first season with four hits on the day. He drove in a run and scored another.
Kyle Mrozinski (Ashwaubenon, Wis./Ashwaubenon) and
Ryan Stanicek (Loves Park, Ill./Boylan Catholic) each hit solo home runs on the day. It was Stanicek's team-high sixth of the year. Mrozinski hit his fourth to increase his team-best total to 30 RBI on the season.
Game 1 – UWSP 3, UWO 5 (10 inn.)
Mrozinski belted the first pitch of the fourth inning onto Illinois Ave. to put the Pointers ahead, 1-0.
Nelson reached on a UWO error to start the sixth. With two away,
Christian Zamudio (Kenosha, Wis. /Tremper) drove him in to double the UWSP lead.
Neal Matson (Neillsville, Wis./Neillsville) hit a two-out double in the ninth inning. Carlson followed with an RBI single to push the advantage to 3-0.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Titans hit the first two pitches for base hits to put two in scoring position. Two more hits in the frame allowed UWO to tie the game at 3-3.
UWO got a leadoff walk in the 10th and, two pitches later, hit a walk-off home run.
Miller tossed 8.1 and tied his career-high with 10 strikeouts. He did not walk a batter.
Game 2 – UWSP 3, UWO 5
The Titans carried the momentum into game two with two runs on three hits in the bottom of the first.
Stanicek hit a solo home run with one down in the third to pull UWSP to within 2-1.
In the fourth, UWO tacked on a pair of unearned runs to increase the Pointers' deficit to 4-1.
Stanicek again began a rally in the fifth with a one-out double. Two batters later, he scored as Nelson beat out an infield hit.
Carlson blasted a solo home run with two away in the sixth as UWSP closed to within one again at 4-3.
The Titans added another unearned run in the eighth to complete the scoring.
UWSP starter
Drew Spaeth (Stratford, Wis./Stratford) went 6.0 inning with five strikeouts. Fellow senior
Nathan Mulzer (Neenah, Wis./Neenah) tossed the final 2.0 innings with three strikeouts.
The Pointers will await a possible NCAA Tournament bid. The Tournament field will be announced on Sunday, May 13.