DAVENPORT, Fla. -- Thanks to some great work from the bullpen and another big day at the plate, the Wayne State University baseball team (7-2 overall) jumped back into the win column on Thursday afternoon defeating Seton Hill (6-5 overall), 12-2. Next up, the Warriors will face Wayne State College in a doubleheader on Friday with game one set to begin at 3:15 p.m. in Auburndale, Fla.
WSU pushed across one run in the first four innings before breaking out to score the next 11 in innings five through eight. Individually,
Hunter DeLanoy (Hartland, Mich. / Hartland),
Chris Tanderys (Livonia, Mich. / Stevenson) and
Brett Zimmerman (Frankfort, Mich. / Frankfort) spearheaded the Warriors' offensive effort going a combined 10-for-14 (.714 batting average) at the dish with five runs scored, 11 RBI, one walk, and a stolen base.
Also getting into the hit column for WSU were
CJ Maury (Brampton, Ont. / Mayfield SS),
Tony Hatzigeorgiou (Oxford, Mich. / Oxford),
Kyle Domzalski (Huntington Woods, Mich. / Berkley), and
Noah Miller (Macomb, Mich. / University Liggett).
On the mound,
Griffin Kilander (Livonia, Mich. / Stevenson) improved to 2-0 with 2.2 nearly spotless innings of work out of the bullpen. Kilander gave up just one hit with no walks and four strikeouts on an efficient 33 pitches. He was joined in the pitching column by starter,
Ashton Potts (Sterling Heights, Mich. / Stevenson),
Hector Jaimes (Trenton, Mich. / Detroit Western International),
TJ McAllister (St. Clair Shores, Mich. / South Lake), and
Cam Rosen (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Dexter).
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