ALLENDALE, Mich. - Davenport baseball dropped a pair of games at Grand Valley State on Saturday by scores of 9-5 and 5-4 in 10 innings. The Panthers took a 3-0 lead in game one in the first inning.
Josh Robinson had a RBI double and
Connor Hnilo scored on a wild pitch.
Anthony Aloisio later had a RBI grounder to second base as Robinson scored. The Lakers scored the next four runs with two each in the second and third innings. Jake Rydquist had a RBI infield single and Ayden VanEnkevort followed with a RBI single off the pitcher in the second inning. Ryan Dykstra scored on a wild pitch and Connor Schuman drilled a RBI double for the 4-3 lead.
Davenport momentarily regained the lead in the fifth inning as Aloisio drove in a run on a fielder's choice and
Xander Reisbig gave DU a 5-4 lead with a single. The Lakers scored five times in the fifth to pull out the win. Schuman tied it up with a RBI single and the go-ahead run scored on a Logan Anderson walk which was also a wild pitch on ball four as Jonas Gulbrandsen scored the winning run.
Cade Kontny (3-3) got the loss in relief for Davenport going 1.1 innings and allowing five hits and four earned runs. Mike Morawski (6-3) got the win for GVSU going six innings and allowing six hits and three earned runs.
The Panthers trailed 2-1 in the second game before late-inning home runs turned things around. Robinson hit a solo homer in the eighth to tie it at 2-2 and then
Coltrane Rubner went yard in the ninth inning for a 3-2 lead. The bullpen could not hold the lead however. Nathan Logan hit a two-out, solo homer in the bottom of the ninth off
Ian Dixon which was his only blemish in two innings of work. The Panthers also had a 4-3 lead in the 10th inning as a two-out rally was started by a Robinson single.
Dominick Cowdrey pinch ran and went to third on a failed pickoff attempt. Aloisio walked on a full count to put runners on the corners. Will Goebel came into pitch and was greeted by a Reisbig single to left center. Rubner followed with a single to left but Aloisio was thrown out at the plate by Dysktra.
The Lakers once again came back but this time to win it.
Brayden Flanders walked and hit a batter and his outing was finished.
Tyler Kapa fared no better as he committed an error on a sacrifice bunt attempt to load the bases with no outs. He then walked in the tying run and was lifted for
Jack Snow. Snow got a big strikeout of Kyle Nott, but then Dysktra won it with a single to left.
The Panthers will wrap up the regular season tomorrow at GVSU with a 1:00 PM scheduled start.
