GEORGETOWN, Ky. – The host Georgetown Tigers seized momentum in the series with a come-from-behind victory in game one Sunday (March 6) and carried it over for a 7-5 victory in the nightcap as Madonna baseball settled for a split in the four-game weekend set. The losses drop the Crusaders to 6-5 on the young season while the Tigers improve to 11-9 after coming back to take two Sunday afternoon.
GAME ONE – GEORGETOWN 6, (RV) MADONNA 4
The Crusaders 4-2 lead after five and a half evaporated when the Tigers posted a four-sixth inning to earn a 6-4 comeback victory to open Sunday's action. Alex DeYonker(Livonia, Mich./Franklin High School) started and pitched five innings of six-hit, two-run ball before giving way to Patrick Wierimaa (Redford, Mich./Union High School)and Cliff Landess (Carleton, Mich./Airport High School) in the sixth inning.
Chase Dobbie (Mississauga, Ontario/Meadowvale Secondary) came around to score to give the Crusaders a 1-0 lead in the third after walking to begin the inning. The Crusaders plated another run in the fifth when Shane Dokey (Howell, Mich./Brighton High School) singled to center to bring Mike Tibbits (Plymouth, Mich./Holy Cross) around from second base to put MU up, 2-0.
After the Tigers came back to knot the game, 2-2, the Crusaders inched ahead behind a two-run sixth inning that was sparked by singles from John Lauro (Rochester Hills, Mich./UD-Jesuit High School) and Jimmy White (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sinclair CC). Dobbie was one of three Crusaders with an RBI in the game, finding his way into the column in the sixth by singling White home from 90-feet away. Zack Byron (Dexter, Mich./Macomb CC) also scored in the inning off of a Tigers error to give the Crusaders a 4-2 lead with six outs remaining.
The Tigers took control from there, tallying four runs in the bottom of the sixth to earn the 6-4 come-from-behind victory.
White led the Crusaders, going 2-for-2 with a run scored and a walk.
GAME TWO – GEORGETOWN 7, (RV) MADONNA 5
Errors doomed the Crusaders in Sunday's latter game as MU committed four miscues to help give the Tigers a narrow 7-5 victory. Despite the defensive challenges on Sunday, the Crusaders offense was rolling in game two as four MU players tallied two hits, led by Byron and Lauro with a pair of hits and an RBI each.
Dokey and Matt Deneau (Amherstburg, Ontario/Saint Thomas Villanova) recorded a pair of hits as well while Taylor Grzelakowski (Fraser, Mich./Fraser High School) accounted for the third and final RBI of the afternoon with a seventh inning double that scored Lauro.
Adam Prashad (Mississauga, Ontario/Mississauga Secondary), Zack Schmidtke (Dearborn Heights, Mich./Divine Child Catholic) and Taylor Turner (Northville, Mich./Northville High School) all saw time on the mound in game two with Turner turning in a scoreless final inning.
UP NEXT
The Crusaders travel south to take on No. 14 Tennessee Wesleyan at 2 p.m. Monday (March 7). Live stats will be available via Tennessee Wesleyan here.
