The Aurora University baseball team opened the 2022 season with a dominating 10-0 victory over Wheaton College in the opening game of the spring trip in Tucson, Arizona.
Game Score: #10 Aurora University 10, Wheaton College 0 - 7 innings
Record: Aurora University (1-0)
Location: Tucson, Arizona
- The Spartans scored in the first inning with
Corey Vondra singling to start the game and later scored on a throwing error from the Wheaton left fielder.
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Jacob Ambuel later singled in Colin Meinert and AU led 2-0 in the first.
- In the third, the Spartans loaded the bases with one out but were unable to push a run across.
- AU starting pitcher
Josh Reinhardt scattered four hits over five innings of shutout work.
- Leading off the sixth, Spartan
Jett Wedekind hit a long home run to left to put AU up 3-0.
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Sam Harvey came on for the sixth inning and despite a hit by pitch, allowed no other base runners.
- AU had a big inning in the seventh with Meinert leading off with a walk and he scored the fourth run on a
Justin Sartori one our double.
- With two outs and two on, Reinhardt delivered a two-run double to put AU up 6-0.
- Two batters later and with the bases loaded,
Corey Vondra hit a three-ru double and AU was now up 9-0.
- Vondra scored from second when Meinert reached on an error by the center fielder.
- With the 10-0 score the run rule was enacted and after Harvey struck out two around a double, the Spartans were victorious 10-0.
HITTING
HITS: Corey Vondra (2)
HOME RUN: Jett Wedekind (1)
DOUBLE: Jett Wedekind (1)
RUNS: Corey Vondra (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Corey Vondra (3) and
Josh Reinhardt (2)
PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Josh Reinhardt (5.0) and
Sam Harvey (2.0)
DECISIONS: Josh Reinhardt (win, 1-0)
STRIKEOUTS: Josh Reinhardt (5) and
Sam Harvey (3)
Next action for the Spartan baseball team comes on Sunday, March 6 from the spring trip in Arizona. AU takes on Wabash College in a doubleheader with first-pitch scheduled for 11:00 a.m.. (cst) / 10:00 a.m. (mst) in Tucson, Arizona.
