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Baseball Extends Win Streak To Three; Viniard Three Hit Game

Box Score Auburndale, Fla. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse baseball continued its winning ways in Florida as they defeated William Paterson University (NJ) 8-4 on Friday morning. 

THE BASICS
  • Result: UW-La Crosse 8, William Paterson University (NJ) 4
  • Location: Lake Myrtle Park Field, Auburndale, Fla. 
  • Records: UW-La Crosse 4-3, William Paterson 6-8
  • Up Next: The Eagles spring break trip continues as they will be back in action on Saturday morning when they play Union College (NY) at 9:15 a.m. (CST). 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • UWL would break through first as Sam Viniard led off the third inning with a single, advanced to second on a wild pitch and moved to third on a single by Calvin Hargrove. Brady Burrill then singled which scored Viniard and put Hargrove on second base. 
  • William Peterson would get that run back in the bottom of the third as Matt Caruso drove in a run with a single. 
  • The Eagles would take a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning as they scored two runs on two hits and an error. With two outs, Evan Schmidt singled that brought Brady Lash, who had singled, into score. Viniard would then double to score Schmidt from first base. 
  • The Pioneers would tie it up at 3-3 as Christian Peluso led off the fourth with a single and scored on Eliot Germanson's double. Later in the inning Jordan Brown drove in a run with a ground out that scored Stephen Kubis.
  •  Burrill and Chris Calico each singled to start the fifth inning for the Eagles. They would then steal second and third base respectively before Burrill scored on a throwing error. Charley Rowan would then hit a sacrifice fly to score Calico and put UWL up 5-3. 
  • UWL would add a run in the top of the seventh inning as Calico walked with one out and stole second base. Then with two outs, Calico advanced to third on a failed pick off attempt and throwing which allowed him to score from second base. 
  • WIlliam Paterson would cut their deficit to 6-4 in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly by Brown. 
  • UWL would add two insurance runs in the top of the ninth inning as Lash led off with a double and moved to third on a single by Emiliano Ramos. Keegan Fleischman would then convert a sacrifice bunt that moved Ramos to second and scored Lash from third. After Schmidt moved Ramos to third with a single, Mark Manders would bring Ramos home to score with a bunt single to make it 8-4 Eagles. 

FROM THE BOX SCORE
  • Offensively, UWL finished with eight runs on 13 hits and five walks.
  • Viniard finished 3-for-3 with a run batted in (RBI) and a run scored to lead the Eagles offense.
  • Also finishing with multi-hit games was Ramos (2-for-5), Lash (2-for-4, 2 runs scored, a walk) and Burrill (2-for-4, RBI, run scored). 
  • Ethan Pettis (1-0) pitched 7.0 innings and allowed four runs on 10 hits and a walk while striking out six to earn his first win of the year. 
  • William Paterson finished with four runs on 11 hits and two walks. 
  • Rob Nathan (1-4) suffered the loss for the Pioneers as he allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits and one walk while striking out five in 6.0 innings of work. 
  • Caruso led William Paterson by going 2-for-3 with two walks and an RBI. 
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Players Mentioned

Brady Burrill

#15 Brady Burrill

OF
6' 0"
Sophomore
So.
Keegan Fleischman

#2 Keegan Fleischman

INF
5' 11"
Sophomore
Fr.
Calvin Hargrove

#36 Calvin Hargrove

C
5' 9"
Sophomore
So.
Mark Manders

#18 Mark Manders

INF
5' 10"
Sophomore
So.
Emiliano Ramos

#3 Emiliano Ramos

INF
5' 11"
Junior
Jr.
Brady Lash

#7 Brady Lash

1B/P
5' 10"
Freshman
Fr.
Charley Rowan

#9 Charley Rowan

INF
5' 9"
Freshman
Fr.
Chris Calico

#4 Chris Calico

OF
5' 10"
Junior
Jr.
Ethan Pettis

#13 Ethan Pettis

RHP/INF
6' 1"
Sophomore
So.
Evan Schmidt

#44 Evan Schmidt

1B
6' 5"
Freshman
Fr.
Sam Viniard

#45 Sam Viniard

1B
6' 2"
Junior
Jr.

Players Mentioned

Brady Burrill

#15 Brady Burrill

6' 0"
Sophomore
So.
OF
Keegan Fleischman

#2 Keegan Fleischman

5' 11"
Sophomore
Fr.
INF
Calvin Hargrove

#36 Calvin Hargrove

5' 9"
Sophomore
So.
C
Mark Manders

#18 Mark Manders

5' 10"
Sophomore
So.
INF
Emiliano Ramos

#3 Emiliano Ramos

5' 11"
Junior
Jr.
INF
Brady Lash

#7 Brady Lash

5' 10"
Freshman
Fr.
1B/P
Charley Rowan

#9 Charley Rowan

5' 9"
Freshman
Fr.
INF
Chris Calico

#4 Chris Calico

5' 10"
Junior
Jr.
OF
Ethan Pettis

#13 Ethan Pettis

6' 1"
Sophomore
So.
RHP/INF
Evan Schmidt

#44 Evan Schmidt

6' 5"
Freshman
Fr.
1B
Sam Viniard

#45 Sam Viniard

6' 2"
Junior
Jr.
1B