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Siena Heights Takes Two from Baseball

ADRIAN, Mich. -- Indiana Wesleyan University baseball suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in 2016 as they were swept in a doubleheader at Siena Heights (Mich.). After dropping the opener 4-1, the Saints pulled out a 3-2 win in 11 innings as the Wildcats fall to 13-6 on the season.

 

Game Vitals

  • Score Game 1:  Indiana Wesleyan - 1   |   Siena Heights - 4
  • Score Game 2:  Indiana Wesleyan - 2   |   Siena Heights - 3   (11 innings)
  • Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 13-6   |   Siena Heights 6-3
  • NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - Not ranked   |   Siena Heights - Not ranked
  • Location:   Siena Heights Baseball Diamond   |   Siena Heights University   |   Adrian, Michigan


 

What Went Down (Game 1)

  • Siena Heights scored all four of their runs in the third inning to chase IWU starting pitcher Caleb Eder (FR/North Vernon, Ind.).
  • Caleb Eder finished with four earned runs on five hits 2.2 innings. He walked six and struck out four Saints.
  • Indiana Wesleyan gained their only run of the game in the fourth inning on a SHU error.
  • Siena Heights outhit Indiana Wesleyan 8-3.

     

What Went Down (Game 2)

  • The Saints struck first with a pair of runs in the fourth inning on back-to-back hits.
  • Indiana Wesleyan tied the score 2-2 in the sixth inning on RBI by Craig Nesselhuf (SR/Littleton, Colo.) and Derek Shomon (SR/Glenview, Ill.).
  • The Saints nearly won the game in the 10th inning with the bases loaded and nobody out. But Kyle Hall (FR/Chatham, Ill.) got out of the jam with a fielder’s choice to get the lead runner at home and then two strikeouts to send the game to the 11th inning.
  • Freddy Jehle reached first on an error in the SHU 11th inning. He advanced to second on a wild pitch and then scored on a two-out single to win the 3-2 game for the Saints.
  • Bryan Beachy (SR/Kokomo, Ind.) started for the Wildcats and surrendered two runs on nine hits in 5.2 innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out six.
  • Kyle Hall was magnificent in relief of Beachy. He gave up one unearned run on six hits in 5.0 innings.
  • Siena Height outhit Indiana Wesleyan 15-6. Andrew Breytenbach (FR/Palatine, Ill.) was the lone Wildcat with two hits in the game.

     

Next Time Out

  • Indiana Wesleyan plays at IU Southeast in New Albany, Indiana tomorrow afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
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