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Rudy Ramirez
Michael Dubicki
Freshman Rudy Ramirez hit his third career home run on Friday.
6
Winner Ill.-Springfield UIS 39-15-1
5
Wayne State WSU 35-16
Winner
Ill.-Springfield UIS
39-15-1
6
Final
5
Wayne State WSU
35-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ill.-Springfield UIS 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 6 10 1
Wayne State WSU 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 10 3

W: Dean, A. (11-0) L: McInerney, Dillon (5-3) S: Lutze, R.D. (2)

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Wayne State WSU 35-17
15
Winner Drury DRU 32-24
Wayne State WSU
35-17
7
Final
15
Drury DRU
32-24
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wayne State WSU 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 7 11 0
Drury DRU 1 4 2 2 3 0 0 3 X 15 13 2

W: Becker, H. (5-1) L: Schmidt, Jack (1-4)

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

Baseball Season Ends with Two Losses on Friday

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The third-seeded and 22nd-ranked Wayne State University baseball program (35-17) fell twice on Friday in the NCAA Midwest Regional II to end its season.  The Warriors dropped game one 6-5 to second-seeded and 16th-ranked Illinois-Springfield (39-15-1) on Friday before bowing out of the four-team tournament after a 15-7 defeat at the hands of seventh-seeded Drury (32-24).

GAME ONE (L, 5-6)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both teams were scoreless until a solo home run from Rudy Ramirez (Brighton, Mich.) gave the Warriors a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning.

UIS erupted for five runs on three hits, including a pinch-hit three-run home run in the top of the sixth inning.  Wayne State answered with a run a fielder's choice RBI from Justin Kelly (Wheaton, Ill. / Wheaton Warrenville South) in the bottom of the sixth inning.

The Stars added their sixth run of the day int he top of the seventh inning with two hits after a hit-by-pitch.

Michael MacLean (Bloomfield Hills, Mich. / Country Day / The Lawrenceville School) trimmed the deficit to 6-3 with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the eighth inning.  Jack Schmidt (Fishers, Ind. / Indianapolis Cathedral) delivered a one-out, pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth inning.  After a strikeout, Ryan Foley (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Saline) doubled home a run off the wall in right field before Finkbeiner brought WSU within one, 6-5, with an RBI single into left field.  However, the rally would stop there as MacLean was called out on strikes to end the game.

AT THE PLATE
Foley, Kelly and Hunter DeLanoy (Hartland, Mich.) all finished with two hits. 

ON THE MOUND
Dillon McInerney (Richmond, Mic.) (5-3) was effective, giving two runs (one earned) in five and a 1/3 innings on five hits and four walks to go with three strikeouts.  Richard Hovde (Saline, Mich.) allowed three earned run in 2/3 of an inning before Matt Krutsch (Essex, Ont.) worked three innings and allowed one run on three hits.

GAME TWO (L, 7-15)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Kelly gave Wayne State an early 1-0 lead with an RBI double in the top of the first inning.  The Panthers tied it at 1-1 in the bottom of the first and took a 5-1 lead with four runs on two hits in the bottom of the second inning.

DU added two more runs in third to take a 7-1 advantage before Kelly sent a solo home run over the wall in left field to cut the margin to five.  Drury continued to string hits together and back-to-back home runs in the fourth gave the home team a 9-2 lead.

The Green & Gold showed some life in the top of the fifth inning, scoring three runs on five hits and an error.  Foley tripled to center field produced a run before Jacob Finkbeiner (Saline, Mich.) drove in a run with an infield single.  A throwing error brought WSU within four, 9-5.

The Panthers scored three more runs in the fifth before DeLanoy matched the single-season record for triples (9) in the top of the seventh and plated WSU's sixth run of the night.  MacLean singled home a run in the top of the eighth inning but that would be all of the offense for Wayne State.

Another home run plus a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth made the final score 15-7.

AT THE PLATE
In his final game with the program, Kelly went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored.  Finkbeiner and DeLanoy both posted two-hit performances.

ON THE MOUND
Schmidt started and lasted two innings, allowing five earned runs on three hits and four walks.  Brendan Wetmore (Westland, Mich. / John Glenn) did not record an out and allowed two earned runs.  Josh Nelson (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Saline) was touched for five earned runs on three hits and two walks, while Addison Pawelek (Shelby Twp., Mich. / De La Salle) gave up three runs on four innings of relief.


 
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