RIPON, Wisconsin – The Ripon baseball program competed against one of the best teams in the country on Tuesday, falling to #6 UW-Whitewater 18-7 in seven innings at Francis Field.
UW-Whitewater (28-5) used a four-run first inning to jump on Ripon (9-18) early, keeping the Red Hawks at bay throughout the afternoon. Ripon responded in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by
Nick Tenny, but the Red Hawks left the bases loaded in the inning.
UWW got the run right back in the top of the second and plated three more in the third to lead 8-1 after two and a half innings. However, the Red Hawks scored two in the bottom of the third – a bases-loaded passed ball brought home the second run of the day, while an RBI groundout by
Alex Pankratz drew Ripon within 8-3.
With the Red Hawks trailing 18-3, Ripon scored four in the bottom of the seventh. With the bases loaded, back-to-back walks by
Brock Peterson and
Owen Gerhardt kept the line moving. A two-out, two-run single by
Zach Albrent kept Ripon within striking distance, but a strikeout with runners at the corners ended the game in favor of the Warhawks.
Offensively,
Nick Terrell (2-for-2, 3 run, 2 walks) and Tenny (2-for-3, RBI, run, walk) each had multi-hit games. Also contributing to the hit column were
Michael Sheehy (1-for-5),
Kaleb Burns (1-for-4, run), Pankratz (1-for-2, RBI),
Gabriel Zielinski (1-for-2) and Albrent (1-for-3, 2 RBI, walk).
On the mound,
Dallan Lopez got the start and took the loss. He pitched 2.0 innings, yielding eight hits and four earned runs.
Caleb Mammoser and
Matt Miller each threw out of the bullpen, tossing 3.0 and 2.0 innings respectively.
NEXT UP: Ripon visits the University of Chicago on Wednesday, April 24. At 1 p.m., the Red Hawks and Maroons will finish their previously suspended game from April 16 before playing the third and final game of the series.
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