Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score
BABSON PARK, Fla. – The Panthers split a doubleheader with Webber International on Thursday, winning the first contest 10-5 before dropping the nightcap 6-3. Davenport is now 5-4 on the year with a day off today before taking on Bethel College in a DH on Saturday.
In the early game, DU used a strong fourth inning to pull away from Warriors as they scored seven runs and won 10-5.
The Panther's bats started to get hot in the third when a Mike Allen double scored Matt McNeil from second base. Rob Bolster's sac fly would bring in Travis Laver, who pitch ran for Allen, for the second run of the game. DU closed out their scoring in the inning as Chris VanGessel scored on a Derrick Gentile RBI.
The home team would add some runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning as they scored four runs to take a 4-3 lead.
Davenport, however, would put the game out of reach in the fourth inning. A single by Rob Bolster brought in the first earned run of the fourth, allowing Dan Brown to come home. The very next batter, Chris VanGessel hit in two more runs. Two RBI singles by Derrick Gentile and Drew Kennedy brought in two more runs for the Panthers. Errors by Webber International brought in two other runs in the seven-run fourth for the Panthers.
Colton Loomis was the winning pitcher for the Panthers. Loomis pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowed one run and struck-out two.
The final game saw the Warriors ride a strong third inning as they tallied three runs, and the Panthers couldn't string together any run of their own in the 6-3 lose.
After falling behind 1-0 through two innings, the Panthers would tie the score up on a Joe Freist double that scored Brandon Bongard. The Warriors would then add the three runs in their half of the inning for the 4-1 lead.
Freist added his second RBI of the game in the fifth inning on a sac fly when Bongard once again crossed home plate.
The Warriors would match DU in the fifth, scoring one run of their own in the inning and then add another in the sixth for a 6-2 lead.
Dan Brown's RBI in the seventh ended the scoring in the nightcap.
Cory Hammond started on the mound for the Panthers and lasted two innings after giving up three runs. Zak Gonzalez pitched the rest of the way, allowing two earned runs in four innings.
The Panthers have tomorrow off before returning to action Saturday to take on Bethel College (Ind.) at noon in Auburndale, Fla. Follow Saturday's game live on the DAN.
