LANSING, Mich. - The Davenport baseball team added a non-conference game against NAIA member Cleary University on Monday. The Panthers (15-11) and Cougars (9-15) played at Cooley Law School Stadium, home of the Lansing Lugnuts, with the Panthers claiming a 14-6 win. The Panthers improved to 5-0 in the all-time series against Cleary.

Cleary actually got on the board first with a run in the first and two more in the second off Sam Traver. Davenport then responded with five runs in the top of the third to take the lead for good. All five runs were scored with two outs for the Panthers and it started as Anthony DiPonio walked with the bases loaded. Oscar Heredia followed with a two-run single to right field to tie the game at 3. Andrew Figueroa drew a bases-loaded walk to put DU in front and Austin Lansky, in his second at-bat of the inning, also drew a walk to plate the fifth run. DU had just two hits in the inning.

The Panthers added three more runs in the top of the fourth to lead 8-3. Nolan Bryant singled to start the inning and stole second. Zac Wilson stepped up and battled before hitting a two-strike pitch over the right field wall for his seventh home run of the season. DiPonio singled with one out and then Alex Huard drew a two-out walk. Figueroa was hit by a pitch to load the bags and Lansky walked for an RBI and the eighth run crossed home plate.

Cleary tacked on single runs in the fourth and fifth while DU just kept scoring with two runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings. Aaron Fadden had an RBI groundout in the fifth and Noah Marcoux also had an RBI single. Jimmy Filipski delivered a double in the sixth after Brent Showers was hit by a pitch. Bryant then drove both home and was thrown out at second trying to stretch the single.

Davenport finished their scoring with two final runs in the top of the eighth. Wilson reached on a one-out error and then took second on a steal. Fadden singled him home and stole second himself. Marcoux brought him home with an RBI single. The pitching win went to Austin Stephens (1-0) who threw 3.2 relief innings and allowed no hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Traver got the start and went four innings allowing two earned runs with three strikeouts.

The final stats showed that Davenport finished with 15 hits as Wilson went 3-for-5 with his 10th double of the season and his seventh home run. Bryant, Lansky, Wilson, Fadden, Marcoux, and Heredia each had two RBI for the game.