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8
Aurora University AU 10-4
9
Winner Wabash College WABB 9-5
Aurora University AU
10-4
8
Final
9
Wabash College WABB
9-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Aurora University AU 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 8 11 0
Wabash College WABB 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 9 10 0

W: Erich Lange (1-0) L: Woods, Jeff (1-1)

4
Aurora Univ. AU 10-5
8
Winner Wabash College WABB 10-5
Aurora Univ. AU
10-5
4
Final
8
Wabash College WABB
10-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Aurora Univ. AU 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 1
Wabash College WABB 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 X 8 9 0

W: Bryan Roberts (2-0) L: Blunt, Kyle (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Free passes big story in Spartans pair of losses

The Aurora University and Wabash College baseball teams met for the second time early in the 2017 season on Friday with a twin bill at Wabash. AU fell 9-8 in game one, seeing a pair of leads disappear in the late innings and then dropped the second game 8-4 behind one bad inning.

GAME INFORMATION – Friday, March 24
Game One - Boxscore | Game Two - Boxscore
Game One Score: Wabash College 9, Aurora University 8
Game Two Score: Wabash College 8, Aurora University 4
Records: Aurora University (10-5); Wabash College (10-5)
Location: Crawfordsville, Indiana - Goodrich BallPark

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS/LEADERS - GAME ONE vs. Wabash
- Spartan Adam Lipscomb hit a solo home run in the first inning to give AU a 1-0 lead.
- Wabash tied the game in the fourth after a leadoff triple scored on a wild pitch.
- AU scored three runs in the fifth thanks to singles from Jeff Mayes, Jeff Woods and Michael Fidler. Lipscomb also reached by a hit by pitch and would score.
- The bottom half of the inning saw Wabash start the inning with a pair of walks and two hits before Chris Roycroft relieved Elias McMahon. Roycroft allowed a single before striking out the side to preserve a 4-3 AU lead.
- In the seventh, Lipscomb began another AU rally. He again reached on a hit by pitch and following a walk to Woods, Fidler doubled and a Cole Davis single drove in runs. After 6-1/2 innings, AU led 7-3.
- With one out in the eighth, Wabash tied the game thanks to four AU walks, a single, double and sac fly.
- A lead-off walk started the ninth for AU as Austin Wiskow reached, stole second with two outs and scored on a single from Nick Turner.
- A lead-off double and walk started the ninth for Wabash and with two outs, a double scored two for the 9-8 final score.

- Adam Lipscomb was one for three with a home run, three runs scored and one run batted in.
- Michael Fidler was two for three with a double, two runs batted in and one run scored.
- Jeff Woods was two for four with two runs scored and one run batted in.

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS/LEADERS - GAME TWO vs. Wabash
- AU saw Wabash take a 1-0 lead in the first with a one out triple and sac fly.
- A two-out walk in the third to Adam Lipscomb produced a run as he would score on a double from Jeff Woods.
- Three walks and four hits in the bottom of the fifth led to six Wabash runs and AU trailed 7-1.
- The Spartans answered in the top of the sixth with one out, Woods was hit by a pitch. That was followed by singles from Michael Fidler, Cole Davis and Cale Sparks before Nick Turner drew a walk and Mike Cherven hit a sac fly to cut the score to 7-4.
- AU would not threaten the rest of the game and Wabash added a single run in the eighth for the 8-4 final score.

- Cole Davis was two for four with one run scored and one run batted in.
- Jeff Mayes was two for five
- Jeff Woods was one for three with a double, one run scored and one run batted in.

UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan baseball team comes on Saturday, March 25 when they travel to Wabash College. Game time is set for 12:00 p.m. (est) in Crawfordsville, Inidiana.
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