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Baseball Earns Road Win at Milwaukee 4-3
5/18/2023 3:54:00 PM | Baseball
FRANKLIN, Wis. – Mac Ayres allowed one run in six innings and Kevin Fee picked up the save in Purdue Fort Wayne's 4-3 Horizon League baseball victory at Milwaukee on Thursday (May 18) at Franklin Field.
The Mastodons went up 2-0 with two runs in the second inning. Dylan Stewart and Cade Nelis each knocked in a run in the frame. Milwaukee got a run in their half of the second but the 'Dons got it back in the top of the third. Caileb Johnson singled to left to knock in Jacob Walker who started the inning with a double.
The 'Dons put an important fourth run on the board in the sixth. Tyler Nelson walked and moved to third on an error by Milwaukee's attempt to pick him off. Nelson then scored on a passed ball.
Ayres started for the 'Dons and went six innings. He allowed just one run on five hits with four strikeouts. He gave up just one extra base hit in the contest. Ayres is 3-4 with the victory.
Fee earned the save by not allowing a run in 1.2 innings of work. He entered the game in the eighth with the tying run on base and worked out of it. He earned a strikeout of Nate DeYoung in the ninth to end the game. It is Fee's first career save.
Johnson was the only Mastodon with multiple hits. Walker, Ben Higgins and Grant Thoroman each got on base with a hit and a walk. Walker's double a double by Dylan Stewart were the only extra base hits for the 'Dons in the game.
The 'Dons defeated Riley Frey for the second time this season. He is now 4-7 for Milwaukee. DeYoung had two doubles for Milwaukee.
The 'Dons improve to 12-41 (7-21 Horizon). Milwaukee falls to 22-29 (10-17 Horizon). The series continues on Friday (May 19).
The Mastodons went up 2-0 with two runs in the second inning. Dylan Stewart and Cade Nelis each knocked in a run in the frame. Milwaukee got a run in their half of the second but the 'Dons got it back in the top of the third. Caileb Johnson singled to left to knock in Jacob Walker who started the inning with a double.
The 'Dons put an important fourth run on the board in the sixth. Tyler Nelson walked and moved to third on an error by Milwaukee's attempt to pick him off. Nelson then scored on a passed ball.
Ayres started for the 'Dons and went six innings. He allowed just one run on five hits with four strikeouts. He gave up just one extra base hit in the contest. Ayres is 3-4 with the victory.
Fee earned the save by not allowing a run in 1.2 innings of work. He entered the game in the eighth with the tying run on base and worked out of it. He earned a strikeout of Nate DeYoung in the ninth to end the game. It is Fee's first career save.
Johnson was the only Mastodon with multiple hits. Walker, Ben Higgins and Grant Thoroman each got on base with a hit and a walk. Walker's double a double by Dylan Stewart were the only extra base hits for the 'Dons in the game.
The 'Dons defeated Riley Frey for the second time this season. He is now 4-7 for Milwaukee. DeYoung had two doubles for Milwaukee.
The 'Dons improve to 12-41 (7-21 Horizon). Milwaukee falls to 22-29 (10-17 Horizon). The series continues on Friday (May 19).
~ Feel The Rumble ~
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ayres, Mac (3-4)
L: Frey, Riley (4-7)
S: Fee, Kevin (1)
Batting:
2B: Walker, Jacob 1 ; Stewart, Dylan 1
RBI: Nelis, Cade 1 ; Johnson, Caileb 1 ; Stewart, Dylan 1
SH: Nelson, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walker, Jacob 1 ; Johnson, Caileb 1 ; Nelson, Tyler 1 ; Thoroman, Grant 1
CS: Higgins, Ben 1
Batting:
2B: DeYoung, Nate 2 ; Connelly, Mark 1
RBI: DeYoung, Nate 2 ; Connelly, Mark 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Olejnik, Ty 2 ; DeYoung, Nate 1
SB: Novak, Jake 1
CS: Benson, Tommy 1
HBP: Olejnik, Ty 1 ; Connelly, Mark 1
PO: Thelen, Jack 1
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