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Junior Justin Kelly is the team's leading hitter this season at .422 and 10 RBI.
11
Winner Slippery Rock ROCK-B 5-2
7
Wayne State WSU 7-6
Winner
Slippery Rock ROCK-B
5-2
11
Final
7
Wayne State WSU
7-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Slippery Rock ROCK-B 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 11 13 1
Wayne State WSU 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 11 0

W: W. Daugherty (1-0) L: Waldrop, Tyler (0-3)

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

Baseball's Comeback Attempt Falls Short

The Warriors scored three runs in the ninth inning against Slippery Rock.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- The Wayne State University baseball program (7-5 overall) took on Slippery Rock (5-2 overall) on Sunday as play continued in the Sunshine State Games and fell 11-7 after SRU scored seven late runs, which proved to be too much to overcome for the Warriors.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- In the bottom of the second inning, Tristen Jorah (Clinton Twp., Mich. / Sterling Heights Stevenson) doubled down the right field line to bring Troy Daring, Jr. (Brampton, Ont.) around to score and give WSU an early 1-0 lead.  Four runs on four hits in the top of the third inning, including a three-run home run gave the Rock a 4-1 advantage.

- Devin Rose (Farmington Hills, Mich. / Orchard Lake St. Mary's) singled and stole second to begin the bottom of the third inning.  A Justin Kelly (Wheaton, Ill. / Wheaton Warrenville South) double trimmed SRU's lead to 4-2.  A fielding error in the bottom of the sixth inning allowed Patrick Adams (Detroit, Mich. / De La Salle) to score and pull the Green & Gold within one.  WSU tied the game at 4-4 on a groundout in the bottom of the seventh inning.

- Slippery Rock responded with two runs on two hits in the top of the eighth inning and five more in the ninth inning to stretch lead to 11-4.  WSU scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.  Driving in runs for the Warriors were Kelly with a two-run double and Daring, Jr. with an RBI single.  However, the comeback attempt would run out of time.

AT THE PLATE
- Baldwin, Kelly, Daring, Jr and Jorah all finished with two hits.  Kelly drove in three runs with two doubles.

ON THE MOUND
- Dillon McInerny (Richmond, Mich.) started and allowed three earned runs over five and a 1/3 innings, while striking out five batters.  Tyler Waldrop (Grand Ledge, Mich.) (0-3) worked the next two and 2/3 innings and struck out four batters, allowing four earned runs.  Brendan Bilkovic (West Bloomfield, Mich.) did record an out, allowing two earned runs before Brendan Wetmore (Westland, Mich. / John Glenn) pitched the final frame and allowed one run.

UP NEXT
- WSU will have on off day on Monday but will return to the diamond on Tuesday to face off with the reigning Division II National Champion, West Chester at 10:30 a.m.

 
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