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8
Grand Valley State GV 21-10, 4-3 GLIAC
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Winner Wayne State WSU 22-8, 9-2 GLIAC
Grand Valley State GV
21-10, 4-3 GLIAC
8
Final
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Wayne State WSU
22-8, 9-2 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Grand Valley State GV 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 8 16 0
Wayne State WSU 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 X 10 13 1

W: O'Dea, Nicholas (2-2) L: C. Bradley (5-2) S: Sommers, Chad (5)

Rudy Ramirez and Jacob Finkbeiner
Jacob Finkbeiner and Rudy Ramirez meet at home plate following a Ramirez second inning home run.

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

Warriors Win Slugfest 10-8 Over GVSU

Wayne State scored in every inning but one.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University baseball program (22-8, 9-2 GLIAC) welcomed No. 25 Grand Valley State (21-10, 4-3 GLIAC) to town on Thursday with a 10-8 victory powered by five home runs.  The Warriors scored in every inning except the seventh.  The wind was gusting up to 40 miles per hour and was going out to right field most of the contest, helping several fly balls clear the fence.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Spencer Nelson homered on the first pitch of the game but WSU answered with a Michael MacLean (Bloomfield Hills, Mich. / Country Day / The Lawrenceville School) solo shot in the bottom of the first inning.

GVSU used three hits in the top of the second to score a run and take a 2-1 advantage.

Rudy Ramirez (Brighton, Mich.) tied the game up at 2-2 with home run down the right field line in the bottom of the second.  Hunter DeLanoy (Hartland, Mich.) out the Green & Gold on top, 4-2, with a two-run blast in the bottom of the third inning.  The long ball did not need any help from the jet stream as it landed on the berm near the M-10 freeway.

Brett Zimmerman (Frankfort, Mich.) extended the home margin to 5-2 with an RBI single into center field in the bottom of the fourth inning.  An RBI double by Chris Tanderys (Livonia, Mich. / Stevenson) to right center pushed WSU's lead to 6-2. 

GVSU scored four runs on three hits in the top of the sixth inning.  Kyle Nott delivered the big blow with a three-run home run to right field.

Zimmerman connected for a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning to center field.  Ryan Foley (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Saline) singled home a run and a sac fly from MacLean pushed WSU back in front, 9-6.

MacLean's second big fly of the day made it 10-7 after eight innings.

The visitors made it very interesting in the top of the ninth inning.  Nathan Logan homered to start the inning and Brendan Guciardo doubled following a line out.  A base hit and hit-by-pitch loaded the bases before a pop out.  A passed ball allowed GVSU's eighth run to score but Chad Sommers (Jonesville, Mich.) was able to work around a two-out walk and get Nott to fly out to left field, ending the game.

AT THE PLATE
Zimmerman led the way, going 3-for-5 with two RBI, while Foley, MacLean, Tanderys and Ramirez all had two hits.  MacLean drove in three runs.

ON THE MOUND
Nicholas O'Dea (Livonia, Mich. / Detroit Catholic Central) (2-2) battled through six and 1/3 innings, allowing six earned runs and striking out two.  

Kaden Stively (Washington, Mich. / Romeo) allowed two runs (one earned) int wo innings of relief and struck out a pair of batters.  Sommers earned his fifth save of the season by recording the final two outs and not allowing a run.

UP NEXT
WSU and GVSU will play twice on Friday beginning at 1:00 p.m.

 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play GV WSU
GV TOP 1st S. Nelson homered to right center, RBI (0-0). 1 0
WSU BOT 1st MacLean homered to right field, RBI (3-2 BFBKB). 1 1
GV TOP 2nd S. Nelson doubled down the rf line, RBI (0-0); J. Rydquist scored. 2 1
WSU BOT 2nd R Ramirez homered down the rf line, RBI (0-0). 2 2
WSU BOT 3rd DeLanoy homered to right field, 2 RBI (0-0); N Miller scored. 2 4
WSU BOT 4th B Zimmerman singled to center field, RBI (1-0 B); R Ramirez scored. 2 5
WSU BOT 5th Tanderys doubled to right center, RBI (2-1 BBF); MacLean scored. 2 6
GV TOP 6th S. Nelson singled up the middle, RBI (1-1 KB); Z. Collins advanced to second; C. Stanton scored. 3 6
GV TOP 6th Kyle Nott homered to right field, 3 RBI (1-2 KBSF); S. Nelson scored; Z. Collins scored. 6 6
WSU BOT 6th B Zimmerman homered to left center, RBI (2-0 BB). 6 7
WSU BOT 6th Foley singled to center field, RBI (2-2 BKBF); DeLanoy advanced to third; N Miller scored. 6 8
WSU BOT 6th MacLean lined out to cf, SF, RBI (1-0 B); DeLanoy scored. 6 9
WSU BOT 8th MacLean homered to right center, RBI (2-1 BKB). 6 10
GV TOP 9th Nathan Logan homered to right field, RBI (1-0 B). 7 10
GV TOP 9th Z. Collins advanced to second; C. Stanton advanced to third; C. Rohman scored on a passed ball, unearned. 8 10

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