Milwaukee, Wis. – The Dominican University baseball team traveled to Wisconsin Lutheran College for a doubleheader against the Warriors, on Saturday afternoon.
Game 1 Results:
Dominican: 9
Wisconsin Lutheran: 5
How it Happened:
-Both teams were held scoreless in the first inning, but the Stars getting two runs in the second inning. First run was delivered by Sophomore
Zach Helein hitting an RBI double to centerfield. Freshman
Alex Garcia traded places with Helein, with his own RBI double.
-DU doubled their lead with Sophomore
Niko Krecu hitting his first ever collegiate homerun, on a two-run shot to centerfield.
-Dominican made it scoring in three straight innings by putting up a 5-run inning in the 4
th.
-The scoring started off with Senior
Anthony Nalbono hitting an RBI double to centerfield. Senior
Matt Galdi hit his 5
th homerun of the year, as a two-run homerun to right field. Junior
Quinton Schwartz made it three two-run homeruns in the inning with a homerun to centerfield.
-Senior Starting pitcher
Payton Brooks was dominant on the mound, and did not give up a run until the bottom of the fifth inning. Where the Warriors got a run on a hit.
-WLC continued the momentum from the fifth by scoring two more runs on two hits in the sixth.
-Wisconsin Lutheran made it three straight innings of scoring by making DU pay for the error and score two runs on two hits.
Shining Stars:
- Senior
Matt Galdi continued his hot streak, by going 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs, and 2 runs scored. One of Galdi's hits being a homerun.
-Sophomore
Niko Krecu went 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored. Two of Krecu's three hits were extra bases.
-Sophomore
Zach Helein went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored.
-Junior
Quinton Schwartz went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs, and a run scored.
-Senior
Payton Brooks started for the Stars on the mound, throwing a complete game. Brooks gave up 7 hits, and only 3 earned runs while, picking up 8 strikeouts.
Leading the Way:
Hits: Krecu, and Helein (3)
2B: Galdi, Krecu, Helein, and Nalbono (1)
HR: Galdi, Schwartz, and Krecu (1)
RBI: Schwartz, Galdi, and Krecu (2)
IP: Brooks (7)
Ks: Brooks (8)
Game 2 Results:
Dominican: 15
Wisconsin Lutheran:14
How it Happened:
-The Stars carried the momentum from game one win over to the second game by scoring 3 runs in the top of the first.
-The scoring got going with Senior
Matt Galdi hitting an RBI double down the left field line. Sophomore
Niko Krecu followed it up by hitting a 2 RBI single to right field.
-WLC answered back with a crooked number of their own, by scoring 2 runs on 3 hits.
-DU was able to scratch another run across the board in the second Junior
CJ Kalekas scoring on a wild pitch.
-The Dominican bats remained hot by scoring 6 runs on 3 hits in the third inning.
-First run was scored by Senior
Anthony Nalbono drawing a bases loaded walk. Shortly after Senior
Peyton Arsenault scored on a wild pitch. Galdi followed it up by drawing a bases loaded walk. Finally the Stars were able to cash in multiple runs scoring on Krecu hitting a two run doble to left field. The final two runs of the inning were scored off the bat of Junior
Ryan Schmidt hitting a two RBI single up the middle.
-WLC cut into the lead by scoring 3 runs on 5 hits in the bottom of the third.
-DU scored in the fourth straight inning with another big inning. Scoring 5 runs on 4 hits.
-Galdi got the scoring going by hitting hit second homerun of the day, this one being a three-run shot to center field. Schmidt followed it up with a two-run homerun to left field. This being Schmidt's first collegiate homerun.
-Dominican found themselves with a 15-5 lead going into the top of the 5
th inning.
-The scored remained 15-5 until the bottom of the sixth when Wisconsin Lutheran hit a solo homerun to left field.
-The Warriors continued to scored by adding two runs in the 7
th inning on 3 hits.
-WLC kept scratching away at the DU lead by scoring two more runs on two hits in the 8
th.
-The Stars had a 15-10 lead going into the 9
th inning, but the Warriors made it close by scoring 4 runs on 5 hits, but leaving the bases loaded. This resulting in a Dominican 15-14 win.
Shining Stars:
-Senior
Matt Galdi went 2 for 4 with 2 walks, 4 RBIs and 3 runs scored. Both of Galdi's hit were extra base hits.
-Junior
Ryan Schmidt went 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs and a run scored.
-Sophomore
Niko Krecu went 2 for 5 with a walk, 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored.
-Senior
Anthony Nalbono went 2 for 3, with 3 walks, an RBI and 3 runs scored.
-Junior
CJ Kalekas went 2 for 5 with a walk, and 3 runs scored.
Leading the Way:
Hits: 5 players (2)
RBI: Galdi, and Schmidt (4)
HBP: Schmidt (2)
2B: Galdi, Krecu, Galvin (1)
HR: Schmidt, and Galdi (1)
IP: Myczek (3.2)
Ks: Myczek (4)
What's Next:
The Dominican University baseball team will be at home for the final time Tuesday afternoon, when the Stars host the Regents of Rockford University for a doubleheader. First pitch of game one will be at 1:00 p.m.
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