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Daniel Peake
Cameron Weidenthaler
Junior Daniel Peake tallied an RBI at EMU on Wednesday.
6
Wayne State WSU 7-10
10
Winner Eastern Michigan EMU 8-14
Wayne State WSU
7-10
6
Final
10
Eastern Michigan EMU
8-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wayne State WSU 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 6 7 1
Eastern Michigan EMU 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 10 11 2

W: MATTSON, Brent (1-1) L: Davis, Jake (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

WSU's Comeback Bid Falls Short at Eastern Michigan

Ryan Mergener hit a seventh inning home run to pull WSU within three at 9-6.

YPSILANTI, Mich. -- The Wayne State University baseball team (7-10) traveled to Eastern Michigan (8-14) on Wednesday night for a non-conference contest at Oestrike Stadium. Wayne State's comeback attempt ran out of time and WSU would drop the nine-inning game, 10-6.
 
The two teams last met in 2010 and WSU's last win coming in 2005.
 
The Eagles scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning off of starter Jake Davis (Rochester, Mich. / Stoney Creek) (1-1). Five more EMU runs on five hits in the bottom of the second inning made it 7-0 in favor of the home squad.
 
WSU got on the board with three runs in the top of the fourth inning. Jared Tobey (St. Clair, Mich.), Dennis Olszewski (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Gabriel Richard) and Daniel Peake (Mississauga, Ont. / Lorne Park) all collected RBIs in the frame.
 
In the bottom of the fourth inning, a two-run single extended the Eagles' lead to 9-3.
 
Chris Horvath (Lakeshore, Ont. / St. Anne Catholic) replaced Tyler Tompson (Farmington, Mich.) to begin the fifth inning.
 
An Eastern Michigan error on a dropped pop fly in the top of the sixth inning allowed WSU to trim the deficit to 9-4 as Tobey scored from second base.
 
Ryan Mergener (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Portage Central) hit a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to bring the Warriors within three runs, 9-6.
 
A suicide squeeze RBI gave the Eagles a 10-6 advantage in the bottom of the seventh inning.
 
WSU used five pitchers on the night. Tompson threw three innings and struck out three. Christian Bilkovic (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Jeff Sorenson (Livonia, Mich. / Stevenson) tossed the final two innings. Sorenson struck out the side in his inning of work.
 
Wayne State will resume its GLIAC schedule with a four-game series at Hillsdale beginning on Saturday at 1 PM.

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