A five-run fourth inning for St. Thomas proved to be the difference maker on Monday in a 6-4 UW-Whitewater loss in Leesburg, Florida.  The loss is the second of the season for UW-W who is now 5-2.

St. Thomas threw the first blow scoring on a sacrifice fly to right field in the top of the first.

The 'Hawks answered with three in the bottom of the third to take a 3-1 lead.  A Jeff Donovan (Wauwautosa/East) triple with the bases loaded scored Rob Coe (Appleton/North), Andrew Eichstaedt (Appleton/North), and Daniel Putnam (Ashland /Ashland).  The triple is the second of the season for the Warhawks.

UW-W relinquished their lead in the top of the fourth serving up five runs to go down 6-3.  The Tommies led off with a homerun, scored two more on a double, and scored two more on a costly error.

UW-W fought back tallying one run in the bottom of the eighth when Putnam singled in Travis Wessels (Tomah/Tomah), but UW-W was unable to complete the comeback and fell to St. Thomas 6-4.

Donovan recorded three hits in the game to go along with his three RBIs while Wessels also notched three hits.  Putnam recorded two hits and one RBI and extends his hitting streak to seven games.

Matthew Roberts (Manitowoc /Roncalli) pitched four innings for UW-W and got the loss after surrendering six runs, 4 earned.  Colin Grove (Beloit/Memorial) came on to finish the game and only surrendered two hits to the 17 batters he faced while striking out three and walking one.

UW-W is off until March 25 when they host Concordia College Moorhead at Prucha Field in James B. Miller Stadium in a game beginning at 2:00 pm.