SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The UW-Superior baseball team split a doubleheader at Northwestern's Reynolds Field Tuesday, coming from behind for a 10-7 game one win, before falling 3-2 in the nightcap.
UWS (7-13, 1-5) picked up its first Upper Midwest Athletic Conference victory of the season in the opener and was in game two all the way.
Travis Miller (Whittier, Calif./La Serna) paced the Yellowjackets with a 5-for-8 day at the plate with a homer and walk.
Jordan Berrios (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer) also had five hits in 10 at-bats, including three doubles, a stolen base and three runs scored.
In game one, the 'Jackets overcame a 6-0 deficit through three-and-a- half innings, plating seven runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take the lead. UWS tacked on two in the seventh and one in the eighth and
Elliot Danhoff (Gladstone, Mich./Gladstone) nailed down the win for his first save of the season, working the final three innings.
Zach Bennett (Corona, Calif./Santiago) (1-0) vultured the win out of the bullpen, throwing 2.1 frames of one-hit baseball.
Matthew Boyde (Chanhassen, Minn./Minnetonka) paced Superior's 18-hit attack, going 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs scored, a walk and two hit by pitches.
Alex Osness (Wausau, Wis./Wausau West) (3-for-5, two runs, stolen base) and Miller (3-for-4) each also collected three hits apiece in the win.
Trailing, 6-0, in the bottom of the fourth, Boyde led off the inning taking Phillip Wall's 0-2 pitch out to left for his third home run of the season to get UWS on the board.
Miller and Osness each followed with singles, and with two outs,
Jordan Berrios (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer) singled through the left side to load the bases.
Brandon Rolf (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater) then doubled to right field, scoring Flanangan and Osness, to cut the UNW lead to 6-3.
Then, with
Cory Albertson (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area) at the plate, Wall uncorked a wild pitch that scored Berrios and moved Rolf to third. Rolf scampered home as Eagles' catcher Carlton Lindow fired the ball into the outfield on the play, making it 6-5.
Miller knotted the game, 6-6, drilling a one-out homer – his fourth of the year – to left. The 'Jackets took the lead when Osness beat out an infield single and stole second, coming around on a second Lindow throwing error.
Flanagan and Nick Frederikson recorded consecutive RBI singles with two out to extend the lead to 9-6 in seventh. Flanagan singled home Boyde in the eighth, giving the 'Jackets their 10th run.
Wall (3-2) was tagged with the loss on the mound for the Eagles, surrendering 11 hits and seven runs (six earned) in five innings. He struck out five and walked before handing the ball to Andrew Sorenson for the final three innings.
Ryan Rodriguez (Chaska, Minn./Chaska) went the fist 3.2 frames for Superior, giving up six hits and six runs, fanning five and walking one.
The 'Jackets scored first in game two as Berrios led off the bottom of the first with a double to left field. Rolf laid down a sacrifice bunt, moving Berrios to third for Albertson to single him home for a 1-0 lead.
The Eagles (14-12, 3-5) tied it at 1-1 in the top of the second inning. Chad Wakabayashi singled and moved to second on an error by Berrios at second base. Wakabayashi advanced to third on a groundout, scoring on an
Auggie Anderson (Mendota Heights, Minn./Henry Sibley) balk.
Northwestern took a 2-1 lead in the third when Sam Peterson launched an Anderson 1-0 offering over the fence in left field for a solo shot.
Braeden Barr (San Diego, Calif./Grossmont) then lifted a sac fly to left to score Berrios with one out in the bottom of the inning to make it 2-2. Berrios began the frame with a double to left and stole third base.
That's the way it stayed until the top of the eighth. Peterson singled through the left side with one out off of Anderson and moved up on a wild pitch. Anderson fanned Aaron Krahn, but he reached on another wild pitch. Peterson went to third on the play and came home prior to Krahn stealing third and being tagged out at the plate.
The 'Jackets had two baserunners in the bottom of the ninth as Osness singled to short and, with one out, Fredrikson walked. Bradley Spencer, though, struck out Berrios and induced a foul pop from Rolf to end the game and earn his six save of the season.
Quinton Lindow (3-2) went the first seven innings to earn the victory for the Eagles on the mound. He scattered eight hits and two runs.
Anderson (1-4) was the hard-luck loser for the 'Jackets. He went eight innings, allowing six hits and three runs – all earned. He fanned nine and walked just one.
Boone Elkins (Riverside, Calif./Arlington) pitched a 1-2-3 ninth in his return from injury, getting two strikeouts and bouncer to second.
Wakabayashi was 4-for-6 on the day for the Eagles with a home run, double and three runs scored, two walks and two RBIs.
