Madonna Bats Explode in Split at Aquinas
Four Crusaders go deep
in game two romp
April
22, 2007
Site:
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Kimble
Stadium)
Scores:
Aquinas 9, Madonna 7 | Madonna 19, Aquinas 4 (7 innings)
Records: MU (24-16,
11-9 WHAC),
AQ (21-21, 6-10 WHAC)
Next MU Event:
Tuesday, April
24
-- vs. Northwood (Ilitch Ballpark),
2:00
p.m.
GAME 1 BOX |
GAME 2 BOX
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.
–
The Madonna baseball team split a league doubleheader at Aquinas Sunday
afternoon. The Saints (21-21, 6-10 WHAC) won the opener 9-7 but the
Crusaders (24-16, 11-9 WHAC) rolled over Aquinas with a 19-4 decision in seven
innings to claim game two.
In the nightcap, four Madonna players hit home runs, including senior right
fielder
Tony Luttman
(Farmington,
Mich./Farmington HS) who hit his sixth of the season.
With a 7-2 lead after two innings, the Crusaders put up eight more runs in
the third inning, capped off by a three-run homer off the bat of
Garrett Ignasiak (Waterford,
Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary's HS).
Madonna received two more runs in the fourth inning as
Kyle Fedorka (White Lake, Mich./Lakeland HS)
swatted a two-run home run, giving MU a 17-2 advantage.
The Crusaders picked up their final two runs of the contest in the sixth
inning as Gary Rule (Dearborn, Mich./Edsel
Ford HS) slammed a two-run round tripper.
MU starter Josh Regits (Lake Orion,
Mich./Lake Orion HS) cruised during the contest with the large cushion.
Regits worked six innings and allowed just three hits and two runs, while
striking out 10 in the win.
Luttman and Ryan Morrow (Taylor,
Mich./Kennedy HS) each recorded four hits in the nightcap. Morrow also
scored five of MU's 19 runs and stole a base in the win.
Overall, the Crusaders pounded out 22 hits in game two.
In the first game of the day, the Crusaders jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the
third inning after Gary VanAllen
(Dearborn, Mich./Crestwood HS) hit a two-run homer after a double by Fedorka.
Madonna increased their lead to three runs in the fourth inning after
Manny Alvarado (Southfield, Mich./Southfield
HS) tripled and scored on Matt Humenay's
(Westland, Mich./Churchill HS) sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Aquinas finally got on the board with
four runs off Madonna starter Eric Wendling
(New Lothrop, Mich./New Lothrop HS), capped off by a homer from Chris
Atkin.
After Madonna picked up the tying run in the top of the fifth inning,
Wendling was chased from the contest after surrendering three more Saints runs
in the fifth.
The Crusaders scored a pair of in the sixth inning as pinch hitter
Dan Miller (Walled Lake, Mich./Walled Lake
Central HS) delivered a two-RBI double to cut the score to one run (7-6).
In the bottom of the sixth inning the Saints added two insurance runs off MU
reliever Mike Hand (Farmington Hills,
Mich./North Farmington HS).
The Crusaders picked up a run in the seventh as
Zach Flavin (Novi, Mich./Novi HS) hit a solo home run, but
Aquinas was able to stop the Madonna threat and hold on for the 9-7 win.
Wendling was saddled with the loss for the Crusaders after working five
innings and giving up eight runs on eight hits with four walks and four
strikeouts.
Madonna will return to action Tuesday, April 24 in a single non-conference
game at Ilitch Ballpark against Northwood. First pitch of the nine-inning
contest is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
Contact:
Tony Baldwin, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
tbaldwin@madonna.edu
