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Falcons Split Doubleheader vs. IPFW, Lost 2-1 and Win 5-4
April 30, 2005 | Baseball
Game 1 Recap...
IPFW made two runs stand up in a 2-1 victory over Bowling Green in game one of a doubleheader at Warren Steller Field on Saturday afternoon. Mastodon pitcher David Zachary pitched well, allowing just one Falcon hit. The IPFW offense mustered only four base hits.
IPFW staked a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the third inning off a bases-loaded single by Ryan Steinbach.
BGSU plated its first run of the game in the fourth inning via a walk and throwing error by Zachary. Nolan Reimold led off the inning witth a walk, then Jeff Warnock laid down a sacrifice bunt. However, Zachary fielded the grounder and threw the ball down the right field line, allowing Reimold to score all the way from first base and making it a 2-1 contest. Warnock advanced to third base on the play. But, Tyler Wasserman hit a laser back to Zachary and Bobby Majer and Kevin Longstreth struck out, keeping it a one-run game.
Josh Stewart broke up Zachary's no-hitter in the fifth inning with a one-out single to right field, but BGSU couldn't take advantage of the runner. Zachary finished with six strikeouts, five walks, and two hit batsmen.
Keith Laughlin pitched well for BGSU, surrendering just four hits, including three in the third inning. He struck out five, walked two, and hit three batters.
Game Two Recap...
Junior Nolan Reimold ended IPFW's rally with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give BGSU a 5-4 victory. It was Reimold's second homer of the weekend and his MAC-leading 14th of the season.
Reimold's solo blast was needed after IPFW's Dustin Fremion hit a two-run home run to centerfield to knot the game, 4-4, in the top of the seventh inning. The home run came off of senior reliever Matt Hundley (5-1) who blew the save opportunity but picked up his fifth win of the season.
The teams traded runs throughout the game with BGSU scoring one in the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh. IPFW plated single runs in the third and fifth frames before Fremion's two-run blast in the top of the seventh inning.
BGSU outhit IPFW 11-10 with five of the Mastodon's home runs being extra-base hits. Eric Lawson, Josh Stewart and Reimold each had a pair of hits. Fremion ended with a home run, triple and double for IPFW.
Senior Kyle Knoblauch didn't get the decision despite pitching five strong innings, allowing six hits and two runs with two strikeouts and one walk. Greg Becker pitched a scoreless sixth inning.
BGSU is now 26-12 overall and 14-3 at Warren Steller Field. IPFW drops to 20-20 overall. The Falcons travel to Miami University next weekend (May 6-8) for a big MAC series in Oxford, Ohio.
