STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point baseball team (4-2) hit four home runs and had five multi-run innings to complete a sweep of UW-Oshkosh (2-4) on Monday. The Pointers rolled to an 11-1 run-rule win in game one and took game two by a 7-2 final.
Aaron Simmons (Franklin, Wis./Franklin) had three hits on the day, including a pair of home runs. He drove in four runs and scored three times.
Bradley Comer (Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander) had two hits in each game. He also hit a home run, drove in four and had three runs scored.
Payton Nelson (Wausau, Wis./West) had a pair of hits in game two with three RBI and a run scored.
Tommy Duddleston (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle Institute) also had three runs batted in in game two. He scored a run in each game.
Jacob Lillge (Little Chute, Wis./Little Chute) went 4-for-4 in game two with an RBI and a run scored.
Game 1 – UWSP 11, UWO 1 (7)
Comer broke a scoreless tie with a leadoff home run to left, his first of the year.
Connor Flanagan (Rolesville, N.C.) drew a walk and moved to second on a sac bunt. Two batters later, Simmons belted a two-run shot to right for a 3-0 lead.
After the Titans put a run on the board in the top of the sixth, UWSP got back at it.
Kyle Finger (Clintonville, Wis./Clintonville) hit a one-out single and moved to third on a
Matt Baumann (New Berlin, Wis./Eisenhower) double. Both runners scored as Comer doubled to left-center. Two batters later,
Jakob Boos (Littleton, Colo./Heritage) doubled to plate Comer. After a UWO error allowed another run to score, Simmons blasted a two-run home run to right, his second of the game and third of the year.
In the bottom of the seventh,
Lucas Luedtke (River Falls, Wis./River Falls) drew a leadoff walk. Finger followed with a walk and the first run of the inning came home on a Titans' error. Flanagan capped the walk-off run-rule win with a sac fly.
Casey Pickering (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) started and went 3.0 with a strikeout and just two hits against.
Zack Haupt (Carlsbad, Calif./San Dieguito Academy) tossed 2.1 with three strikeouts.
Austin Syvertson (Randolph, Wis./Randolph) pitched a hitless final 1.2 with a strikeout.
Game 2 – UWSP 7, UWO 2
UWO broke on top with a run in the fifth inning following a leadoff double.
The deficit didn't last long for the Pointers. Comer led off the bottom of the frame with a single and moved to third on a
Quin Henwood (Appleton, Wis./North) double. Lillge singled to plate the first run. Flanagan was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Duddleston followed with a bases-clearing double. Two batters later, Nelson singled to cap the five-run inning.
Simmons ripped a double into he right field corner with two away in the seventh. Nelson followed with a two-run shot to left-center as UWSP pulled ahead 7-2.
Caleb Krommenakker (Rudolph, Wis./Lincoln) went 5.0 to earn his first win of the year. He struck out four.
Nathan Krommenakker (Rudolph, Wis./Lincoln) pitched an inning with one strikeout.
Tyler Beyer (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln) went 2.0 and
Sidney Ferry (Paw Paw, Mich./Homeschooled) pitched the ninth. Beyer and Ferry did not allow a hit and combined for three strikeouts.
The Pointers wrap up the home stand on Wednesday (March 31) in the conference opener against UW-Stout. First pitch is slated for 1:00 p.m. at Zimmermann Field.