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Ryan Hull in the Batter's Box vs CSP
Alec Schoof, UIU Student Photographer
3
Concordia-St. Paul CSP 11-18, 7-16 NSIC
9
Winner Upper Iowa UIU 12-15, 10-11 NSIC
Concordia-St. Paul CSP
11-18, 7-16 NSIC
3
Final
9
Upper Iowa UIU
12-15, 10-11 NSIC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Concordia-St. Paul CSP 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 2
Upper Iowa UIU 2 5 0 0 1 1 X 9 11 1

W: Snider, Duncan (3-1) L: DeGrammont, Luke (1-5)

11
Winner Concordia-St. Paul CSP 12-18, 8-16 NSIC
9
Upper Iowa UIU 12-16, 10-12 NSIC
Winner
Concordia-St. Paul CSP
12-18, 8-16 NSIC
11
Final
9
Upper Iowa UIU
12-16, 10-12 NSIC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Concordia-St. Paul CSP 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 4 1 11 15 4
Upper Iowa UIU 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 9 11 1

W: Lundell, Eric (3-1) L: Parker, Keaton (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Clint Cohen, Sports Communication GA

Peacock Offense Powers Past Golden Bears in Game One, UIU Falls Just Short in Rematch

Upper Iowa split its midweek conference doubleheader with Concordia University, St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon. The Peacocks picked up a 9-3 win in game one before dropping game two 11-9. UIU held CSP to just three hits in the first contest. The Peacock bats collected 11 hits and nine runs in both of the high-scoring affairs. Following the day, Upper Iowa moves to 12-16 overall, 10-12 in conference play while CSP becomes 12-18 on the season, 8-16 in the NSIC snapping a four-game skid.

Upper Iowa split its midweek conference doubleheader with Concordia University, St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon. The Peacocks picked up a 9-3 win in game one before dropping game two 11-9. UIU held CSP to just three hits in the first contest. The Peacock bats collected 11 hits and nine runs in both of the high-scoring affairs. Following the day, Upper Iowa moves to 12-16 overall, 10-12 in conference play while CSP becomes 12-18 on the season, 8-16 in the NSIC snapping a four-game skid.
 
Game One: Upper Iowa 9, Concordia 3

Upper Iowa began the game with seven unanswered runs. Ryan Hull and Jake Hilmer got on via a walk and single to begin the Peacock at-bats before Samuel Grushkin pulled a double down the line in left, clearing the bases and providing UIU with a 2-0 advantage after one. 

Upper Iowa erupted for five runs in the bottom of the second. Kyle Routhieaux kicked off the big inning with his third double of the season before advancing to third base when Noah Gyldenvand reached on a fielding error. The scoring started when Adrian Trujillo shot a single to the opposite field scoring Routhieaux. Gyldenvand came home on a bunt single off the bat of Ryan Hull making the score 4-0. Hilmer continued the trend with a single to the opposite field bringing in Trujillo. Hogan Penny capped off the inning with a double deep in the left-centerfield gap bringing in two more.

The Golden Bears got two back in the ensuing frame thanks to a walk, a double, and a sac fly. Concordia continued to chip away making it 7-3 in the top of the fifth following a walk and an RBI ground-rule double. Upper Iowa capped off game one by adding two more scores in the fifth and sixth. The first came manufactured thanks to a Nolan Drill walk and a Routhieaux single followed by a sacrifice fly off the bat of Gyldenvand. Grushkin produced the final run himself in the bottom of the sixth. After getting aboard via single, the second-year freshman stole second and third before coming across the plate on a throwing error by Concordia's catcher. Neither team scored from that point forward resulting in the 9-3 Upper Iowa win.

Both teams saw just two arms in the seven-inning opener. Duncan Snider got the start and the win for the Peacocks after allowing three earned runs on three hits and two walks while fanning four in five innings on the hill. Steve Marhefke closed things out with two scoreless innings on the mound. Marhefke fanned three and didn't allow a single runner on as he retired all six batters he faced, consecutively. Luke DeGrammont was awarded the loss after allowing seven runs, four earned on seven hits in two innings of work. Logan Schaffer had a solid relief performance allowing two runs, one earned on four hits in four relief innings.

Game Two: Concordia 11, Upper Iowa 9

The Golden Bears put together a five-run inning in the top of third on four hits and three free passes. The Peacocks reclaimed one run in the bottom half when Hull walked, advanced on a passed ball, then came home on a Hilmer single. CSP responded with a run of their own in the top of the fifth following a walk and another ground-rule double gaining a 6-1 advantage.  

Upper Iowa exploded for a big inning in the bottom half. Glydenvand and Trujillo started things off by getting on via a single and a walk. Hull followed with a double deep down the line in left scoring Gyldenvand before Hilmer grounded out to the right side bringing in Trujillo. Penny bunted in another score before AJ Friedrich capped off the scoring spree with an RBI groundout that brought in a fourth run cutting CSP's lead down to 6-5. 

Marhefke shut out Concordia 1-2-3 in the sixth and seventh accumulating four more strikeouts, but the Golden Bears' offense got all four runs back in the eighth on a trio of free passes and three base hits. An 11th Concordia run came in the top of the ninth thanks to three base hits giving the Golden Bears 15 on the day. 

The Peacocks battled with their backs against the wall in the bottom of the ninth. Hull, Grushkin, Penny, and Friedrich provided the first pair of runs with a trio of singles surrounding a fielding error. Two more runs came home on a Gyldenvand single down the left-field line cutting UIU's deficit down to 11-9. Unfortunately, the Peacocks left two stranded as Alex Greene grounded out to the pitcher to end the game with the tying run at the plate. 

UIU saw nine arms in game two. Keaton Parker got the start and the loss then was followed by Brennan Sefrit, Chris Webber, Colin Lacey, Marhefke, Jason Katz, Casey Zarr, Grant Ver Voort, and SJ Mousseau. Concordia saw a quartet of arms with Joey Atkinson getting the start and Eric Lundell claiming the win.

PEACOCKS OF THE DAY...

  • Snider: 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 K, 3 H, 2 BB, W

  • Hull: 4-6 w/ a 2B, 5 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB

  • Gyldenvand: 3-7, 3 RBI, 2 R, 1 SF

  • Penny: 3-8 w/ a 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB

  • Grushkin: 3-9 w/ a 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB

  • Hilmer: 3-9, 3 RBI, 2 R

  • Trujillo: 2-6, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 CS, 1 PO

  • Routhieaux: 2-7 w/ a 2B, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB


UP NEXT… The Peacocks will return to the road starting with a four-game series at the University of Sioux Falls on Apr. 24-25.


 


 


 
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