Tigers Split With DePauw on Senior Day
Wittenberg split with the Tigers of DePauw on Saturday to move to 3-3 in NCAC play in 2017.
Game 1
Game 1
DePauw
16-5, 0-1
6
Wittenberg
8-10, 3-2
9
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 | 13 | 2 |
DePauw
15-5, 1-1
9
Wittenberg
8-11, 3-2
4
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
April 8, 2017
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO—Wittenberg split with the Tigers of DePauw on Saturday to move to 3-3 in NCAC play in 2017. The Tigers have been swinging hot bats as of late, as the red and white dropped DePauw 9-6 in game one. Game two was a bit of a different story, as DePauw jumped out to an 8-0 lead before winning 9-4. Before Saturday's contests, the Tigers paid tribute to the senior class of 2017, Dalton Boucher and Josh Kaplan.
GAME ONE SCORING BREAKDOWN
Bottom 3rd
- Patrick Kenny reached on a fielder's-choice, scoring Brad Malott on the play.
Bottom 4th
- Timmy Bates got a pitch he could handle for the Tigers, sending a ball over the left field wall for a home-run.
Bottom 5th
- Josh Kaplan grounded out to second-base, as Malott came around and scored for the second time.
- Bates kept the inning going for the Tigers, lacing a double to left-field, plating Matt Baker.
- On his senior day, Boucher doubled to center-field, scoring Bates on the play, giving the Tigers a 5-4 lead.
Bottom 6th
- Kaplan broke the ice for Wittenberg again in the sixth, singling to center-field, scoring Malott.
- Bates followed up Kaplan with a ball to right field that resulted in an error, scoring Kenny on the play.
- Boucher singled to left-field, scoring Kaplan as the Tigers took a commanding 8-4 lead.
Bottom 7th
- Kenny put the finishing touches on the game for Wittenberg, scoring Ryan Probst on a single to left-field.
GAME TWO SCORING BREAKDOWN
Bottom 6th
- Boucher got the Tigers on the board with a single to right field, scoring Bates, as Wittenberg then trailed 8-1.
- Adam Mays rolled a single over to left-field, scoring Boucher, as Wittenberg cut into DePauw's lead.
Bottom 8th
- Boucher homered to right field, scoring Kaplan, as the Tigers trailed 9-4.
KEY STATS
- Jonathon Forster scattered nine hits in 5.2 innings of work on Saturday as the game one winner.
- Bates has recorded nine hits, eight RBI's and four extra-base hits in the Tigers first six NCAC contests.
- Wittenberg's 3-3 NCAC start is the team's best record out of the gates in conference play since 2013.