The Upper Iowa baseball team extended their winning streak to four at the Winning Inning Invitational in Clearwater, Florida and avenged an earlier loss to the East Stroudsburg with a 6-5 victory in extra innings over the Warriors on Thursday.

 

The Peacocks got off to a quick start scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. Nick Bergeman led off with a double and Matt Smoley earned two runs batted in with a 2-run homerun to put them ahead early.

 

East Stroudsburg answered with two of their own in the top of the third and one in the top of the fifth. UIU would respond. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Smoley collected his third RBI of the game with a sacrifice fly scoring Bergeman from third and Rudy Casillas later gave Upper Iowa a 4-3 advantage when he crossed home plate from first on a three base throwing error.

 

The Warriors would take the lead with two more runs in the top of the eighth but Upper Iowa was not done. In the bottom of the eighth, Kody McCauley tied the game at four with a solo homerun.

 

The contest would then see extra innings with the Peacocks coming out on top in the bottom of the tenth by way of a single down the third base line from Smoley scoring Taylor Brecht from third.

 

Mario Madera earned the win in relief throwing one inning while striking out two and walking none. Brett Westra started the game and threw 7.1 innings giving up five runs, four of which were earned, struck out two and gave two free passes. Matt Corbitt relieved Westra throwing 1.2 innings while walking three Warriors but gave up no runs.

 

 

The Peacock baseball team’s winning streak was snapped at four on Friday in Clearwater, Florida at the Winning Inning Invitational when Upper Iowa fell to the Yellow Jackets of Cedarville, 5-3.

 

The Yellow Jackets struck first with a run a piece in the second and third innings but UIU would respond. In the top of the sixth inning, Matt Smoley got the Peacocks on the board with an RBI single scoring Taylor Brecht from third base.

 

Cedarville would answer with three of their own in the bottom of the seventh. In the top of the ninth, Upper Iowa scored twice with two bases loaded walks but would leave them loaded and go on to lose to the Yellow Jackets by a score of 5-3.

 

Josh McKeon turned in a solid outing going six innings giving up two runs, both earned, striking out six, and walking four. Matt Corbitt struggled in relief of McKeon giving up three earned runs in only a third of an inning of work. Josh Luke would finish the game for the Peacocks throwing 1.2 innings, giving up no runs, striking out three and walking one.

 

Upper Iowa (5-5) will wrap up their play in Florida with a final game against Alderson-Broadas tomorrow in Clearwater.