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Eagles Soar Past Yellowjackets

Box Score

Northwestern 7, Yellowjackets 0
 
The Yellowjackets baseball team was back in action Friday afternoon, as they traveled to Wade Stadium to take on the Northwestern Eagles in a rematch of the first round of the tournament. The Yellowjackets had dropped that game in 5-4 in a walk-off heartbreaker and were looking for a different result today.

Unfortunately the Yellowjackets season came to an end Friday afternoon, as the Eagles scored two in the third, two in the fourth, two in the sixth, and one in the seventh in defeating the Yellowjackets 7-0.

The Yellowjackets struggles were compounded by a superb pitching performance from Eagles starter Erik Nyquist. Nyquist faced the minimum amount of batters through the first four innings.

The bats looked like they were starting to come around in the fifth, as Travis Miller (Whittier, Calif./La Serna) led off with a double to left field. Drew Thomas (Chicago, Ill./Gordon Tech) then sent a single to center field that Miller tried to score on as a result of a throwing error from the Eagles center fielder. Miller ended up getting tagged out on the play when the Northwestern catcher chased down ball and fired a strike to the pitcher who was covering home.

That was the closest the Yellowjackets would get to scoring a run the rest of the way, as they fell to Northwestern.

Richard Vanden Branden (Neenah, Wis./Saint Mary Central) got the start for the Yellowjackets, giving up six runs one eight hits while walking five and striking out four in 5.2 innings pitched. Brady Stocker (River Falls, Wis./River Falls) relieved Vanden Branden, allowing one run on four hits over two innings. Tyler Kronstedt (Andover, Minn./Andover) came in to relieve Stocker, striking out the only batter he faced.

Vanden Branden was credited with the loss and ends the season 2-4.

Thomas and Greg Pitts (Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel) had two hits each for the Yellowjackets, while Miller and Seth Wage (Wausau, Wis./Wausau West) had a hit a piece.

The Yellowjackets wrap up their season with a 16-19 overall record, finishing 11-5 in UMAC play.
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Players Mentioned

Tyler Kronstedt

#39 Tyler Kronstedt

P
6' 1"
Junior
L/L
Greg Pitts

#11 Greg Pitts

OF
6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
Brady Stocker

#38 Brady Stocker

P
6' 4"
Sophomore
L/L
Richard Vanden Branden

#4 Richard Vanden Branden

P
6' 1"
Junior
R/R
Seth Wage

#32 Seth Wage

OF
5' 10"
Senior
R/L
Drew Thomas

#25 Drew Thomas

OF
6' 2"
Freshman
R/R
Travis Miller

#33 Travis Miller

IF
6' 3"
Freshman
R/R

Players Mentioned

Tyler Kronstedt

#39 Tyler Kronstedt

6' 1"
Junior
L/L
P
Greg Pitts

#11 Greg Pitts

6' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Brady Stocker

#38 Brady Stocker

6' 4"
Sophomore
L/L
P
Richard Vanden Branden

#4 Richard Vanden Branden

6' 1"
Junior
R/R
P
Seth Wage

#32 Seth Wage

5' 10"
Senior
R/L
OF
Drew Thomas

#25 Drew Thomas

6' 2"
Freshman
R/R
OF
Travis Miller

#33 Travis Miller

6' 3"
Freshman
R/R
IF