Bowling Green State University
TENNESSEE
Falcons Earn First Win of 2002 with 15-11 Win at Tennessee
February 17, 2002 | Baseball
Eight of 10 Falcon batters recorded a hit, including three with three hits apiece. Bowling Green had eight extra-base hits in the nine-inning affair.
Junior shortstop Corey Loomis followed up his 2-for-5 performance on Saturday with three hits on Sunday, including two doubles and a solo home run, to finish with two RBIs. Junior first baseman Kelly Hunt was also 3-for-5 on Sunday and had a game-high four run batted in, thanks to a double, homer and sacrifice fly.
Freshman Matt Hundley pitched one and a third innings, allowing three runs, to pick up his first collegiate decision. Sophomore Keith Laughlin started on the mound for the Falcons, lasting four innings with four runs scored.
Bowling Green broke on top in the first inning as David Barkholz scored on a sacrfice fly, but the Vols answered with two in the bottom of the frame on a ground out and a single by Matt Sternberg for a 2-1 lead.
The Falcons went back on top for good in the second as they plated four runs on four hits, keyed by a bases loaded two-run single by Jeff Warnock. Warnock later scored on a sacrifice fly and Len Elias added an RBI double for a 5-2 BGSU lead.
Czaniecki's inside-the-park home run cut the gap to 5-3 in the bottom of the frame. But the Falcons extended their lead to 7-3 in the third on a Loomis home run and an RBI single by Barkholz.
Tennessee added single runs in fourth and fifth innings on a solo home run by Gomez and a double by Hal Bibee, respectively, to cut the lead to 7-5.
Five Falcon hits, including two-run singles by Nick Elrod and Newell and a double by Loomis, helped the Falcons extend their lead to 12-5.
The Vols added three in the bottom of the frame on a wild pitch, a ground out and a single by Chad LeGate to pull within 12-8.
Kelly Hunt's two-run double in the seventh gave the Falcons a 14-8 lead.
A two-run double by Czarniecki and a Chris Heath double once again cut the Falcon lead to 14-11. That would be as close as the Vols would get as Hunt added an insurance run for the Falcons in the ninth with a solo home run to center.
Schmitz retired the first two hitters in the ninth before giving up a double to Chris Heath and then got a LeGate to ground out to third to end the game and earn the save.
BGSU travels to Evansville, Ind., next weekend for a three-game series with the Purple Aces (Feb. 22-24).
