(Fort Wayne, IN) Concordia Baseball went to Fort Wayne on Saturday afternoon for two more games against the Warriors of Indiana Tech. The Cardinals came out victorious in game one 6-2 before a big win in game two 7-2 to take the season series 3-1. The Cardinals now move to an incredible 39-9 on the season!
Game 1: Concordia 6 - Indiana Tech 2
Evan Jasiak started on the mound for the Cardinals and was able to work out of a jam twice to go two innings scoreless in his outing. Landen Harris took over for the next two innings, and threw up another two zero's for CUAA. Blake Weaver closed out the final three innings for the Cardinals, and despite allowing two runs, was able to pick up his sixth save of the season.
Gus Simon broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning with a home run to left field. Derek Hebner then hit a three run home run over the center field fence to put CUAA up 4-0 after five innings. In the seventh inning Josh Burke came through with a big two-run single to score Jake Kuhlman and Tyler Lawson. Despite two runs in the bottom of the seventh, Blake Weaver closed the door to give the Cardinals a 6-2 win in game one.
Game 2: Concordia 7 - Indiana Tech 1
Kyle Winslow opened on the mound for the Cardinals in game two. The southpaw went 6.2 impressive innings only allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out four. A clutch Ryan VanSlambrouck appearance for one out maintained the momentum the Cardinals needed as he passed the ball to Kenneth (Dave) Rozmys. Rozmys pitched the final two innings allowing zero runs.
Josh Burke hit a solo home run in the second inning to break another scoreless tie. Tyler Wressel then hit one in the fourth inning to move the score to 2-0. Justin Kozlowski's triple in the fifth inning to score Logan Hylek put CUAA up 3-0. Jake Kuhlman followed that up with a clutch single to score Kozlowski.
In the seventh inning Logan Hylek scored on an error by the Warriors. A home run from Indiana Tech in the bottom of the seventh inning made the score 5-1 before VanSlambrouck came on to flip the momentum back the Cardinals way. Gus Simon answered right away with a single to score Tyler Wressel. The bottom of the eighth inning saw a bases loaded and no outs situation for the Warriors, but Rozmys struck out the next three batters to give CUAA a huge momentum shift. In the ninth inning Kuhlman piled it on with a sac fly to score Kozlowski and make the score 6-1, where it would end after another shutdown inning from Rozmys.
The Cardinals are back in action tomorrow at Jimmy John's Field against Lawrence Tech to close out the regular season, as the Cardinals need one more win to clinch their fourth straight 40-win season.
