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Logan Tobel
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Logan Tobel scored the game-tying run to begin Wayne State's rally in the sixth inning.
12
Winner Minnesota Duluth UMD 4-4
1
Wayne State WSU 7-2
Winner
Minnesota Duluth UMD
4-4
12
Final
1
Wayne State WSU
7-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Minnesota Duluth UMD 0 0 1 2 0 1 8 12 14 2
Wayne State WSU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0

W: Buttweiler, Brayden (1-0) L: Fitzpatrick, Karter (2-1)

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Winner Wayne State WSU 8-2
1
Minnesota Duluth UMD 4-5
Winner
Wayne State WSU
8-2
3
Final
1
Minnesota Duluth UMD
4-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WSU 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 0
Minnesota Duluth UMD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0

W: Potts, Ashton (1-0) L: Wilkinson, Henry (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cooper Weidenthaler, Sports Communications Specialist

Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Minnesota Duluth to Open Spring Break

The Warriors bounced back nicely for a 3-1 victory in the nightcap.

AUBURNDALE, Fla. -- Facing Minnesota Duluth (4-5 overall) in a doubleheader for the first time since 2020, the Wayne State University baseball team (8-2 overall) split the twinbill on Thursday to begin its spring break trip.  The Bulldogs rolled in game one 12-1 before Ashton Potts (Sterling Heights, Mich. / Stevenson (Kellogg CC)) led the Warriors to a 3-1 victory in the nightcap.

GAME ONE RECAP
Minnesota Duluth scored one run in the third inning, two in the fourth, one in the sixth and eight in the seventh.

Wayne State's lone run came in the fifth when Drew Hill (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North) singled in Kyle Ray (Woodhaven, Mich.).

Karter Fitzpatrick (2-1) suffered the loss with 6.0 innings pitched, seven earned runs allowed on 10 hits, two walks and 10 strikeouts. 

In relief, TJ McAllister (St. Clair Shores, Mich. / South Lake) gave up five earned runs on four hits with one free pass and a punchout before Ryan Szlachcic (Jenison, Mich. / Hudsonville (Kalamazoo Valley CC)) recorded the final out.

GAME TWO RECAP
In his 11 appearances as a Warrior prior to Thursday, Potts (1-0) had never completed more than five frames in a single game.  The senior right-hander changed that narrative against Minnesota Duluth thanks to seven innings pitched and only one earned run surrendered on four hits without a single walk and nine strikeouts.

Those nine k's are Potts' most since a career-high 13 as a sophomore at Kellogg Community College on May 12, 2022 (Mid Michigan College).

Offensively, Wayne State scored all three of its runs in the sixth.  Logan Van Sicklen (Waterford Twp., Mich. / Waterford Kettering) got the party started when he singled in Logan Tobel (Brighton, Mich. / Hartland).

Then, Tony Hatzigeorgiou (Oxford, Mich.) scored on a passed ball and Jacoby Dale (Roseville, Mich. (Spring Arbor/Henry Ford CC)) brought in pinch-runner Gabe Zeldes (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Detroit Country Day) with a sacrifice fly to right field.

WSU will be at Eckerd for a double dip on Friday with the first pitch in game one set for 4 p.m. in St. Petersburg.

 
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