Crusaders
Outlast Indiana Wesleyan for 6-5 Win
Morrow doubled home the
winning run in the 12th inning
April
3, 2007
Site:
Livonia, Mich. (Ilitch
Ballpark)
Score: Madonna 6, Indiana
Wesleyan 5 (12 innings)
Records: MU (14-11,
2-4 WHAC),
IWU (7-16, 3-3 MCC)
Next MU Event:
Wednesday, April
4
-- at Aquinas (DH) (Kimble Stadium),
1:30
p.m.
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Matt Humenay scored
the winning run in MU's comeback win. |
LIVONIA,
Mich.
– Sophomore second baseman
Ryan Morrow
(Taylor,
Mich./Kennedy HS) hit a one-out double to right field and senior infielder
Matt Humenay
(Westland, Mich./Churchill HS) came all the way around to score the
winning run from first base as Madonna completed the 6-5 comeback win against
visiting Indiana Wesleyan Tuesday afternoon.
Indiana Wesleyan (7-16) led 5-2 heading into the ninth inning before the
Crusaders (14-11) began mounting a comeback.
Gary VanAllen
(Dearborn Heights, Mich./Crestwood HS) singled home Morrow to cut the
lead to one-run (5-4) in the ninth inning and
Ryan Powell
(Canton, Mich./Canton HS) grounded into a fielder's choice which
scored
Mike Cauzillo
(West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield HS) to tie the game (5-5).
After each team went scoreless over the next two innings, Madonna reliever
Kyle Fedorka
(White Lake, Mich./Lakeland HS) was able to work out of a jam after
the Wildcats had a runner on third base with only one out.
In the bottom of the 12th inning,
Matt Rodeghier
(Farmington,
Mich./Detroit Catholic Central) flied out to lead off the inning.
Humenay reached first after getting hit by a pitch and Morrow hit a double down
the right field line that landed on the warning track to score Humenay from
first for the win.
Morrow went 4-for-7 in the contest with two runs scored and a stolen base.
Humenay went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored a pair of runs, including the game
winner.
Madonna ended the contest with 13 hits, while the Wildcats scratched out five
hits and committed five errors in the non-conference contest.
Fedorka picked up the win in relief after working the final four innings and
allowing just one hit, a walk and striking out three.
The Crusaders will return to action tomorrow in a league doubleheader at
Aquinas. The first game is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in Grand
Rapids.
Contact:
Tony Baldwin, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
tbaldwin@madonna.edu
