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 Michael Wiseman had two hits and RBI in a 5-2 loss to GVSU. |
May 9, 2008
MIDLAND, Mich. - The 29th-ranked Wayne State baseball team (31-16) fell in the second round of the GLIAC Tournament, 5-2, to Grand Valley State (33-11) on Friday afternoon at Dow Diamond.
The Warriors will now enter the bottom bracket of the double-elimination tournament and face either Ashland or Findlay at 6:00 p.m. Friday.
Cory Maguire's grand slam in the sixth was the difference in the game, erasing a 2-0 WSU lead established in the third on a two-run double by Michael Wiseman (White Lake, Mich./Lakeland).
Starting pitcher Dane Little (Windsor, Ont./F.J. Brennan Catholic) took a three-hit shutout into the sixth before Maguire's blast over the wall in right center opened up a 4-2 Laker lead.
Pat Radde added a solo shot to right in the seventh to make it a 5-2 game.
GVSU starter Brad Raj (6-1) went the distance for the Lakers, allowing just two runs on six hits with two walks and nine strikeouts. Little (4-4) lasted seven innings and surrendered five runs on nine hits with a walk and a strikeout.
Wiseman and Matthew Williams (Detroit, Mich./Royal Oak Shrine) collected two hits apiece to lead WSU offensively.
NOTES
Wayne State and Grand Valley State are even at three wins apiece against each other this season ... Wiseman snapped an 0-for-13 skid with a single in the first inning ... he also posted his team-best 13th multiple-RBI game ... Drew Churchward (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer), who extended his hitting streak to four games with a bunt single in the third, has scored at least one run in five straight games and 10 of the last 11 ... the Warriors have played error-free baseball in five consecutive contests ... fans can follow all of the GLIAC Tournament action, including live statistics and audio, on the league's online bracket.