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 Anthony Bass improved to 6-2 on the year Saturday against GVSU. |
April 19, 2008
DETROIT - The Wayne State baseball team (21-11, 16-1 GLIAC) remained undefeated at home this season following a 7-4 victory over 10th-ranked Grand Valley State (25-8, 11-4 GLIAC) in the first game of a twinbill Saturday afternoon.
Anthony Bass (Trenton, Mich.) tossed a complete game and earned his sixth win of the year as the Warriors snapped an 11-game losing streak against the Lakers dating back to 2005.
Bass surrendered solo home runs in the first and third innings, but Wayne State strung together three two-run innings and added another score in the fifth.
A squeeze bunt by Charlie Dunneback (Lansing, Mich./Grand Ledge) plated Adam Kaminski (Clinton Twp., Mich./Mt. Clemens), and an RBI single by Scott Martin (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) brought in Brett Witczak (Hudsonville, Mich.) as the Warriors took a 2-1 lead in the second.
After two balks by GVSU starter Nick Beach led to a run in the third, Witczak drove in Michael Wiseman (White Lake, Mich./Lakeland) with a base hit, while a two-run double by Martin in the fourth made it a 6-2 game.
Wayne State made it a 7-2 game on an RBI single by Dunneback in the fifth, and despite giving up two runs in the seventh Bass was able to shut the door on the Lakers.
NOTES
Prior to Saturday, WSU's last win over Grand Valley State was April 30, 2005 in Allendale ... Bass recorded his 17th career victory, putting him in a tie with Matt Horvath (1993-96) for sixth all-time at Wayne State ... Matthew Williams (Detroit, Mich./Royal Oak Shrine) stole his GLIAC-best 20th base of the season in the third inning.