Milwaukee,Wis- The Edgewood College baseball team completed it’s season sweep of Wisconsin Lutheran College, defeating the Warriors (2-13 0-3 LMC) in a twin bill Saturday at Zirkel Field. The Eagles won 7-2 in game one, and 14-4 in game two.
Edgewood (11-6, 3-0 LMC) got on the board early in the first game as the Eagles took advantage of two Warrior errors resulting in four runs. Nick Wilz (Appleton, Wis.) drove in two runs in the inning with a single to left field.
Wisconsin Lutheran would answer in the bottom half of the inning as they scored two runs off of Edgewood starting pitcher Dave Scheidell. (Milton, Wis). However, that would be the only damage done by the Warrior offense as Scheidell went six innings, surrendering four hits and improving to 3-0 on the year.
Andrew Handorf (Deforest, Wis) led the Eagles at the plate going 4-for-4 with two runs scored. Shawn Burcum (Deforest, Wis) and Nick LeNoble (Appleton, Wis) each had three and two hits, respectively.
In game two, the Eagles once again jumped out to an early 3-0 lead as Handorf singled to left field to score freshman Ricky Martinez. (Beach Park, Ill). John Fish (Wisconsin Dells, Wis) came up later in the inning with a two-out single to right field to score Wilz and Handorf.
The Warriors would take the lead in the bottom of the third inning after they took advantage of three Eagle errors and four hits surrendered by Edgewood starter Ryan Halliburton (Dewey, Ariz), scoring four runs. Halliburton would not give up another run as he went six innings, giving up five hits, and no earned runs to pick up the win.
The Eagle offense came back to life in the fourth inning, scoring four runs and never looked back as the game was called in the seventh inning due to the ten-run rule. Leading hitters for Edgewood in game two were Handorf, who was 2-for-5 with three RBI’s, and Fish, who went 4-for-5, also with three RBI’s. Marcus Elfering (Bristol, Wis) and Martinez each collected two hits.
The Eagles improved to 3-0 in the Lake Michigan Conference and will play host this Thursday, April 7 to Maranatha Baptist Bible College. The first pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
