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Clarksville, TN – There were two walk off wins but unfortunately Austin Peay State University’s baseball team only had one walk their way in a Wednesday doubleheader with Evansville at Raymond C. Hand Park.
The Govs won the opener 7-6 in 11 innings but dropped the nightcap 10-9.
Austin Peay (10-14) grabbed a 4-1 lead in the opener after right fielder Rolando Gautier’s two-run second inning home run.That lead was short lived as Evansville responded with the game’s next four runs – two coming on center fielder Kevin Kaczmarski’s two-run home run in the third – to take a 5-4 lead.
The Govs rallied back to tie the game in the sixth, only to surrender the lead in the seventh as Kaczmarski hit a solo home run. Austin Peay did not falter and saw the first two batters reach base to start the seventh. Left fielder Cayce Bredlau moved the runners with a sacrifice bunt and second baseman Kevin Corey tied the game with a ground out, forcing extra innings.
After three scoreless innings, Austin Peay first baseman Matt Wollenzin hit a two-out double and scored on third baseman Ridge Smith’s single through the infield, giving the Govs the walk-off win.
Reliever Jared Carkuff (1-2) faced the minimum over the final three innings, striking out two, to earn his season’s first win. That capped a Govs bullpen effort that held Evansville to one run over the final 7.2 innings, striking out six.
Evansville reliever Brent Jurceka (1-1) suffered the loss after allowing one run in 2.2 innings, despite striking out five of the 10 batters he faced. The Purple Aces bullpen allowed three runs over the final 5.2 innings.
Evansville (13-8), playing as the home team in the nightcap, dominated the second game early, scoring four runs in a second inning that included two Austin Peay errors that led to two unearned runs. The Govs got two of those runs back in the third inning courtesy third baseman Alex Robles two-run single.
The Purple Aces built its lead back to four runs with single runs in the third and fifth innings. However, the Govs again halved the lead with two runs in the sixth on a Smith RBI double and a Hager sacrifice fly, leaving APSU trailing 6-4.
Evansville seemingly broke the game open in its half of the sixth, striking for three runs in the frame. Second baseman Boomer Synek had the inning’s big blow with a two-run double. Shortstop Shain Showers added a RBI double to extend the lead to five runs, 9-4, after six innings.
The Govs closed the gap to one run with consecutive sacrifice flies, leaving pinch runner Chase Hamilton at first base with two outs. He moved into scoring position with a wild pitch and pinch hitter Rolando Gautier laced a single into right field. Hamilton scored to tie the game before Gautier would be thrown out attempting to advance to second, ending the inning.
However, Evansville needed just three batters in its half of the seventh to post the winning run. Leadoff hitter Jarod Perry singled to start the frame and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Evansville third baseman Jake Mahon ended the contest with a single through the infield, allowing Perry to score.
Austin Peay reliever Zach Walton (0-2) suffered the loss after allowing one run in one inning.
Evansville’s Conor Gilligan picked up the win after one scoreless inning of work.
Smith led the Govs offense with a 3-for-5, two RBI outing in the opener and followed that with a 1-for-3, two RBI effort in the nightcap. Bredlau went 3-for-4 with two doubles in the nightcap.
Evansville’s Kaczmarski was 3-for-5 with four RBI in the opener. Synek led the night cap with a 2-for-5, two RBI performance.
Austin Peay returns to action when its hosts Murray State in a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series. Due to weather concerns, Friday, that series will begin with a 2:00pm, Saturday contest at Raymond C. Hand Park.
Box Score – Game 1
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Clarksville, TN | Raymond C. Hand Park
Evansville 6 (12-8)
Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob |
Jyawook, Josh lf | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Mahon, Jake 3b/c | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Kaczmarski, Kevin cf | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Pollock, Kyle c/1b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Synek, Boomer 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Ramon, Jonathan dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
McKibban, Eric 1b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Foley, Max ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Williams, Devin 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Showers, Shain ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Perry, Jarod rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rodgers, Matt p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Miller, Tyler p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilligan, Conor p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johns, Sam p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jurceka, Brent p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 7 |
Austin Peay 7 (10-13)
Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob |
GAUTIER, Rolando rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
COPELAND, Garrett ss | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
ROBLES, Alex dh | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
GLEASON, Dre 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
GRAY, Logan pr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WOLLENZIN, Matt 1b | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
SMITH, Ridge 3b | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
HAGER, Tommy lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
BREDLAU, Cayce lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
COREY, Kevin 2b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
TORRES, P.J. c | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
HAMILTON, Chase cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
QUICK, Ryan p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
CORUM, Jake p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GAURA, A.J. p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CARKUFF, Jared p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 44 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 11 |
Score by Innings R H E ---------------------------------------------- Evansville.......... 103 100 100 00 - 6 10 1 Austin Peay......... 220 001 100 01 - 7 14 1 ---------------------------------------------- Note: 2 outs, 1 runner LOB when the game ended. |
E – Gilligan(1); SMITH, R.(7). DP – APSU 1. LOB – EVA 7; APSU 11. 2B – Jyawook(6); Ramon(4); COPELAND, G.(4); WOLLENZIN, M(3); SMITH, R.(9). 3B – TORRES, P.(3). HR – Kaczmarski 2(2); Pollock(2); GAUTIER, R.(1). HBP – Perry. SH – McKibban(4); BREDLAU, C.(4); HAMILTON, C.(1). SB – Perry(4); COPELAND, G.(5); ROBLES, A.(2); TORRES, P.(4). CS – Synek(1). |
Evansville | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go | np |
Rodgers, Matt | 3.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 82 |
Miller, Tyler | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
Gilligan, Conor | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Johns, Sam | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
Jurceka, Brent L,1-1 | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
Austin Peay | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go | np |
QUICK, Ryan | 3.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 81 |
CORUM, Jake | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 35 |
GAURA, A.J. | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 |
CARKUFF, Jared W,1-2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
Win – CARKUFF, J. (1-2). Loss – Jurceka (1-1). Save – None. WP – Miller(1); Johns(3). HBP – by QUICK, R. (Perry).Inherited runners/scored: Miller 2/0; Johns 2/1; CORUM, J. 3/1.
Pitches/strikes: Rodgers 82/47; Miller 24/16; Gilligan 9/5; Johns 43/31; Jurceka 42/33; QUICK, R. 81/39; CORUM, J. 35/23; GAURA, AJ 35/22; CARKUFF, J. 24/15. Umpires – HP: Randy Hunley 1B: Jeff Wright 3B: Michael Thomas Start: 4:08 PM Time: 3:35 Weather: 46, Clear, Wind SE9 |
Box Score – Game 2
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Clarksville, TN | Raymond C. Hand Park
Austin Peay 9 (10-14)
Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob |
BREDLAU, Cayce cf | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
COPELAND, Garrett ss | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ROBLES, Alex 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
GLEASON, Dre 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
HAMILTON, Chase pr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SMITH, Ridge lf/c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
HAGER, Tommy rf/lf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
GANICK, Griffin dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GAUTIER, Rolando ph/rf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WOLLENZIN, Matt c/1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
GRAY, Logan 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
HENDRICK, Mark p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
BELEW, Alex p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DeLEE, Caleb p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WALTON, Zach p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 |
Evansville 10 (13-8)
Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob |
Jyawook, Josh lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Mahon, Jake 3b | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kaczmarski, Kevin cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pollock, Kyle c | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Synek, Boomer 2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Ramon, Jonathan 1b | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Showers, Shain ss | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Foley, Max dh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perry, Jarod rf | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Ward, Jimmy p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Jestice, Brian p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilligan, Conor p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 9 |
Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Austin Peay......... 002 002 5 - 9 10 3 Evansville.......... 041 013 1 - 10 12 2 ----------------------------------------- Note: 1 out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended. |
E – COPELAND, G.(10); GRAY, L. 2(17); Synek(2); Showers(6). LOB – APSU 4; EVA 9. 2B – BREDLAU, C. 2(2); SMITH, R.(10); Synek(2); Showers(3). HBP – ROBLES, A.; Ramon 2. SH – Jyawook(2); Showers(3). SF – SMITH, R.(2); HAGER, T. 2(2). SB – Synek(2); Showers(6); Foley(1). CS – Showers(1). |
Austin Peay | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go | np |
HENDRICK, Mark | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 65 |
BELEW, Alex | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 38 |
DeLEE, Caleb | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
WALTON, Zach L,0-2 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
Evansville | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go | np |
Ward, Jimmy | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 89 |
Jestice, Brian | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Gilligan, Conor W,1-0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Win – Gilligan (1-0). Loss – WALTON, Z. (0-2). Save – None. WP – HENDRICK, M.(2); DELEE, C.(5); Ward(2); Gilligan(2). HBP – by HENDRICK, M. (Ramon); by BELEW, A. (Ramon); by Jestice (ROBLES, A.).Inherited runners/scored: DELEE, C. 1/1; WALTON, Z. 1/0; Jestice 3/2; Gilligan 3/3.
Pitches/strikes: HENDRICK, M. 65/42; BELEW, A. 38/17; DELEE, C. 16/8; WALTON, Z. 14/9; Ward 89/57; Jestice 10/4; Gilligan 7/4. Umpires – HP: Jeff Wright 1B: Michael Thomas 3B: Randy Hundley Start: 8:23 PM Time: 2:32 Attendance: 247 Weather: 44, Fair, Wind SE3 BELEW, A. faced 1 batter in the 6th. |