Titans Have Little Trouble With Eagles
Jack Paulson reached base five times, stole three bases and scored twice as the UW-Oshkosh baseball team defeated Edgewood College, 6-1, on Wednesday (May 3) at Tiedemann Field.
UW-Oshkosh (22-14) held leads of 5-0 after three innings and 6-0 after five.
Edgewood College (19-17) outhit the Titans, 8-7, but six Eagles pitchers combined to issue 10 walks.
Paulson opened the bottom of the first inning with a walk and a pair of stolen bases before scoring the game's first run on a sacrifice fly by Andy Brahier. Paulson also walked, stole second base and scored in the third inning before walking in the fourth, singling during the sixth and walking again in the eighth.
Johnny Eagan and Tyler Kozlowski added two hits and one run batted in apiece for the Titans. Eagan, who extended his reached base streak to 36 games, also walked and scored a pair of runs.
Seven UW-Oshkosh pitchers limited Edgewood College to just seven singles and one double. UW-Oshkosh, which entered the contest ranked 11th in the NCAA Division III with a 3.13 earned run average, has held 18 opponents to less than four runs this season.
UW-Oshkosh starting pitcher Scott Gorsuch (1-1) was credited with the win after tossing three scoreless innings. He allowed two hits, both singles, and recorded a pair of strikeouts.
UW-Oshkosh relief pitchers Chris Atwood, Jack Tierney, Lucas Gregory, Jacob Pohlman and Jon Maday also worked scoreless innings.
The Titans broke the game open with a four-run third inning. After Kozlowski doubled to score Paulson with the eventual game-winning run, Eagan followed with a double that scored Kozlowski for a 3-0 UW-Oshkosh advantage. Alex Koch then drove home Eagan with a single, and Zack Radde produced a run-scoring groundout, all against Edgewood College starting pitcher Mason Maziarka.
Maziarka (2-3) suffered the loss for the Eagles, surrendering five runs on three hits and six walks in 2.2 innings pitched.
The Titans increased their lead to 6-0 on a run-scoring groundout from Radde in the fifth inning before the Eagles avoided being shut out for the third time this season by scoring a run in the top of the eighth. Nick Cheaney drove in the lone Edgewood College run with a groundout that scored pinch-runner Ryan Cassady.
Danny Appino led Edgewood College with two hits.
UW-Oshkosh concludes its regular season schedule with doubleheaders against conference-leading UW-Whitewater on Friday and Saturday (May 5-6) at Tiedemann Field. UW-Whitewater (26-6, 13-3 WIAC), ranked eighth in the NCAA Division III by D3baseball.com, leads second-place UW-Oshkosh (11-5 WIAC) by two games in the league standings.