VERONA, Wis. - Marian University baseball (7-12, 2-6 NACC) earned a road split against Edgewood falling 8-1 in game one before a 6-4 win in game two.
GAME 1
- Marian stranded the bases loaded with nobody out in the opening frame of the game.
- Edgewood was able to take advantage of two Sabre errors in the bottom half to score four runs, three of which were unearned.
- The Eagles were able to add to their lead with a run in the third and three in the fourth to lead 8-0.
- Marian was able to get on the board in the seventh when junior Lucas Lemons drove in a run with two outs.
GAME 2
- Marian was able to open the scoring in game two when junior Jason Sims drove in a run in the third with a sacrifice fly.
- Edgewood responded in the next half inning plating a pair of unearned runs.
- Marian retook the lead at 3-2 in the fifth when Sims and freshman Connor Schroeder each drove in a run.
- Just like the third inning, Edgewood immediately responded taking the lead in the bottom half with a two-run homer.
- Marian had an answer in the seventh taking a 5-4 lead when a pair of runners touched home after an Eagle error.
- Sims drove in an insurance run in the ninth to give Marian a 6-4 advantage.
- The Eagles managed to put the tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth but back-to-back strikeouts closed out the win.
GAME 1
- The Eagles had a 12-5 advantage for hits.
- Each team had two errors with the lone Marian run being unearned and Edgewood scoring two unearned.
GAME 2
- Marian was outhit 8-6 in the win, just the third time this season the Sabres were outhit and won.
- The Sabres took advantage of four Edgewood errors scoring three unearned runs.
- Edgewood also scored two unearned runs off of one Marian error.
- This was the first victory for Marian this season when they trailed after five innings.
- Marian is now 48-37 all-time against Edgewood with the two sides splitting their series the past two seasons.
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Freshman Ben Anderson (1-2) tossed the first complete game of the season striking out five hitters. |
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Junior Jason Sims went 2-for-3 in game two with three runs driven in. |
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Junior Lucas Lemons scored three of the Marian runs in game two. |
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Tuesday, April 7
Kenosha, Wis.
3 p.m. |
