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Ryan Mergener doubled and tripled on Thursday for the Warriors.
7
Winner Seton Hill SHU 9-5
3
Wayne State WSU 8-7
Winner
Seton Hill SHU
9-5
7
Final
3
Wayne State WSU
8-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seton Hill SHU 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 14 1
Wayne State WSU 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6 2

W: T. Morder (1-0) L: Pawelek, Addison (0-2)

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

Four-Run Inning Dooms Baseball

WSU will conclude its Florida trip on Saturday with a GLIAC doubleheader vs. Ohio Dominican.

AUBURNDALE, Fla. -- The Wayne State University baseball team (8-7) was unable to overcome a four-run third inning by Seton Hill (9-5) on Thursday afternoon as the Warriors fell 7-3.  The Warriors are playing in the RussMatt Invitational for their annual Spring Break trip to Florida.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Griffins scored four runs on five hits and a Wayne State error in the top of the third inning to take a 4-0 lead.  Back-to-back doubles from Brad Baldwin (Troy, Mich. / Bishop Foley Catholic) and Ryan Mergener (Grand Rapids, Mich. / Portage Central) in the bottom of the fourth inning produced WSU's first run of the contest.

- Seton Hill added a run in the top of the fifth inning with a sacrifice fly.  The Warriors were able to get that run back as Devin Rose (Farmington Hills, Mich. / Orchard Lake St. Mary's) homered to left center in the bottom of the fifth inning.  The scoring slowed over the new couple of innings until SHU scored two runs on three hits in the top of the eight inning to extend its lead to 7-2.

- It appeared WSU was ready to storm back to begin the bottom of the eight as Mergener tripled to left field and Jeremy Carrell (St. Clair, Mich.) reached via a ht by pitch.  However, the only offense that the Green & Gold could produce was a sacrifice fly to right from Cole Clifton (Sterling Heights. Mich. / De La Salle).  Tristen Jorah (Clinton Twp., Mich. / Sterling Heights Stevenson) began the ninth inning with a double but the next three batters would go down in order to end the game.

ON THE MOUND
- Addison Pawelek (Shelby Twp., Mich. / De La Salle) (0-2) started and allowed four runs on six hits, while striking out four batters.  Taylor Horn (Leo, Ind.) tossed a scoreless fourth inning and Richard Hovde (Saline, Mich.) pitched three and a 1/3 innings in collegiate debut, allowing two earned runs.  Josh Nelson (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Saline) finished the game and did not allow a run in an inning and 2/3.

UP NEXT
- The Warriors will begin conference play about 1,300 miles away from the GLIAC headquarters (Bay City, Mich.) with a doubleheader against Ohio Dominican on Saturday.  First pitch is schedule for 10 a.m.

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