Baseball splits on senior day
2
Siena Heights SIENA HE 19-22
10
Winner Madonna MADONNA 32-17
Siena Heights SIENA HE
19-22
2
Final
10
Madonna MADONNA
32-17
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Siena Heights SIENA HE 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 1
Madonna MADONNA 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 10 13 2

W: Herrera, Blake (4-2) L: T. Acquista (2-4)

14
Winner Siena Heights SIENA HE 20-22
10
Madonna MADONNA 32-18
Winner
Siena Heights SIENA HE
20-22
14
Final
10
Madonna MADONNA
32-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Siena Heights SIENA HE 0 0 2 3 0 0 8 1 0 14 16 2
Madonna MADONNA 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 13 1

W: J. Simmers (1-1) L: Richard, Ray (1-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | John Lauro

#RV @MUCrusadersBSB splits with Siena Heights on senior day

THE BASICS

Scores: MU 10, SHU 2; MU 10, SHU 14

Records: #RV Madonna University (32-18, 15-7 WHAC), Siena Heights University (20-22, 10-12 WHAC)

Location: Ilitch Ballpark, Livonia, Mich.

LIVONIA, Mich. - The Madonna University baseball team continued to dominate offensively in game one of the senior day doubleheader, winning 10-2 before dropping the nightcap by a score of 14-10 at Ilitch Ballpark. The Crusaders wrap up Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play with a record of 15-7 as they head into conference tournament play.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

GAME ONE: MU 10, SHU 2

  • The Crusaders scored three runs in both the first and second inning thanks to a combined six hits, four walks and two hit by pitches

  • The Saints scratched across two runs over the following four innings before a four run bottom of the fifth extended the Crusaders lead to 10-2

  • An RBI single by Adrian Reed and a bases clearing double by Frankie Lucska accounted for the four runs

WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY?

  • MU outhit the Saints 13-9 and committed two errors while SHU committed just one

  • Eight Crusaders recorded a hit in the contest as Jerad Dokey (3), Lucska (3), and Noah Moore (2) all had multiple hits

  • Lucska and Thomas collected seven of the ten total RBI for the Blue and Gold

  • Daniel Gore was dominant on the mound, lasting seven innings and allowing just two earned runs on nine hits

  • Ray Richard took over in the eighth before handing the ball off to Joe Wozniak in the ninth as both pitchers recorded scoreless innings

GAME TWO: MU 10, SHU 14

  • MU once again opened the scoring in the first inning, as Nick Sykes and Thomas blasted back-to-back home runs over the left field wall for a 3-0 lead

  • Sykes stepped to the plate for his second at bat and once again hit a home run over the left field wall

  • The Saints scratched away in the third and fourth with five combined runs before an eight run explosion put SHU ahead 13-4

  • The Crusaders tried to mount a comeback in the ninth scoring four runs, but it was too little too late as they suffered the loss 14-10

WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY

  • MU was outhit 16-13

  • Sykes paced the offense with a 4-for-5 day highlighted by two home runs and four RBI

  • Thomas also had a three-hit game that featured a home run and two runs scored

  • Six MU pitchers took to the mound as Greg Goodbred got the start and lasted 3.1 innings allowing five earned runs

UP NEXT

  • The Crusaders return to Ilitch Ballpark on Thursday, May 2 as they host a pod for the first round of the WHAC conference tournament as the #2 seed. The game times and opponents will be released shortly

  • Live coverage will be available at mucrusaders.com

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