WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- The Wayne State University baseball team's (6-6 overall) offense racked up 21 runs on 24 hits in a 21-3 blowout victory against Malone (6-6 overall) on Saturday evening in The Sunshine State.  Those 24 hits are the program's most since May 1, 2021 at Purdue Northwest and the Warriors achieved 20+ runs for the first time since 22 on April 7, 2023, also at PNW (22-6).

Four different WSU batters collected three hits apiece including Owen Tuccinardi (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Skyline), Reagan Paulina (Highland, Mich. / Detroit Catholic Central [Oakland]), Tony Hatzigeorgiou (Oxford, Mich.), and Aidan Arbogast (Livonia, Mich. / Livonia Stevenson [Mid-Michigan C.C. / Kellogg C.C. / Eastern Michigan]).

Tuccinardi:  3-for-5, 1 R, 5 RBI, HR, 2B
Paulina:  3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR, 2B
Hatzigeorgiou:  3-for-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B
Arbogast:  3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR, 2B

Those four were joined in the multi-hit department by Drew Hill (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North), Brady Blakita (Canton, Mich. / Detroit Catholic Central), Bennett Hitzelberger (Richmond, Mich.), and Logan Van Sicklen (Waterford Twp., Mich. / Waterford Kettering).

Hill:  2-for-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 2B
Blakita:  2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Hitzelberger:  2-for-2, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Van Sicklen:  2-for-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, HR, 3B

Wayne State smacked four home runs (most since April 15, 2023 at Grand Valley State) including a three-run shot by Tuccinardi, three-run blast by Van Sicklen, two-run round-tripper by Paulina, and two-run four-bagger by Arbogast.  Van Sicklen is up to a team-leading four on the season and Arbogast has two while Tuccinardi and Paulina each have one.

Drew Dawson (Plymouth, Mich.), who was 1-for-2 with a run scored, notched the first hit of his career with a two-run double to center field in the fifth.  Also tallying his first base knock as a Warrior was Noah Murciano (Richmond Hill, Ont. / Bill Crothers S.S.[Sussex County C.C. / Coppin State]) thanks to an RBI double in the fifth before coming around to score.

On the mound, five different hurlers saw action including Rocco Cardinale (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North), Braylon Laroo (Canton, Mich. / Detroit Catholic Central), Coy Plummer (New Hudson, Mich. / South Lyon), Keegan Pulford-Thorpe (Aurora, Ont. / Newmarket [Central Florida / Georgia Highlands College]), and Oscar Pace (Brighton, Mich. / Hartland).

Laroo picked up the first victory of his career (2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO) while Pace appeared in a game for the first time.

Next up, Wayne State will be off on Sunday before facing Wayne State College on Monday at 3:45 p.m.