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Baseball Completes Weekend Sweep Over Michigan-Dearborn

Baseball Completes Weekend Sweep Over Michigan-Dearborn

ADRIAN, Mich. -- The Siena Heights baseball team completed the weekend sweep over Michigan-Dearborn. In game one in day two of WHAC double-header action, the Saints came out victorious 9-1. The Saints will be back in action on Wednesday, April 24th at both 4&7 PM against University of Northwestern (Ohio). 

 

Game one: Siena Heights 9, Michigan-Dearborn 1 

Leading the Saints at-bat was Thomas Bakoway, going 3-for-4 at bat. On the mound, Chase Molnar pitched for all seven innings forcing six strikeouts and was credited for the win. 

In the bottom of the first, Cole VanWasshenova hit an RBI double to send Gino Hutchinson home. Later in the at-bat, Thomas Bakoway hit a RBI single to send VanWasshenova home.

In the bottom of the fourth, Kenny Layman hit a RBI double to send VanWasshenova home to go up 5-0. In the top of the fifth, Michigan-Dearborn homered to score their only run of the game to pull within four at 5-1. 

In the bottom of the fifth, Nick Tiller hit a RBI-double to send Thomas Bakoway home. Later in the at-bat, Brayden Hill hit an RBI double to send Nick Tiller home. To round out the scoring for the Saints, Jacob Jackson hit a two run home run to send VanWasshenova home. 

 

Game two: Siena Heights 26, Michigan-Dearborn 5 

Leading the Saints at-bat in game two was Adam Wilding and Cole Mason going 3-for-3 at the plate. On the mound, Kenny Layman pitched four innings forcing four strikeouts. To pitch the final inning was Aidan Nighswander, who forced one strikeout. In game two, the Saints batted around twice in the first and third innings. In the fourth and sixth innings, the Saints sent nine batters to the plate. 

In the first inning the Saints scored eight runs as Michigan-Dearborn struggled with balks and errors. On the earned runs, Jacob Jackson hit a two RBI double to send VanWasshenova and Matt Love home. To end the inning, Adam Wilding hit a RBI double to center field to go up 8-0. 

In the second and third innings, Michigan-Dearborn hit two home runs to trail 8-2. In the bottom of the third, Gino Hutchinson hit a two RBI single to send Cole Mason and Nick Tiller home to go up 10-2. Later in the at-bat, Wilding doubled to left center to send Gino Hutchinson home to go up 11-2. The Saints kept piling on as Michigan-Dearborn continued to struggle as the Saints found themselves up 14-2 after three innings. In the bottom of the fourth, Jacob Jackson homered to left center to go up 20-2 at the bottom of the fourth inning. To end the scoring for the Saints came in the bottom of the sixth inning, as Cole VanWasshenova hit a home-run to win 26-5.