PLATTEVILLE (May 13, 2018) - After nearly eight hours of ball the day before, UW-Stout and UW-Platteville had to come back and finish up the final two innings of Saturday's second game before starting a doubleheader Sunday.

Suspended after the seventh inning because of darkness with Platteville leading 13-11, the Blue Devils (9-26, 6-16 WIAC) scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning, then held off Platteville (9-29, 3-19 WIAC) to capture a 14-13 win at Kendall Murray Field.

Even overnight, Jordan Wilson stayed hot at the plate, driving in two runs with a double up the middle to tie the game in the eighth and Max Sires, who had entered as a pinch runner earlier in the game, came up to bat and delivered the game-winning hit, bringing home Wilson after Wilson had advanced to third on a passed ball.

The Blue Devils left two runners on in the ninth, but the game teetered into Platteville's favor in the bottom of the inning as the Pioneers drew three walks to load the bases. But a two-out grounder to second baseman Kyle Hamilton ended the game and Stout broke a nine-game losing streak.

Stout punched out 21 runs to the Pioneers' nine, besting the first game of the series by two hits. The 21 hits was the most by a Stout team since a 21 hit attack in an 18-2 win over UW-La Crosse, April 23, 2017.

Wilson finished the game at 4-for-6 with four RBI and two runs scored. Hunter Merrill was 4-for-5 with three RBI and four runs scored. Jack Hemsath was 3-for-5. Kasey Bass, Reid Akerman and Jared Jarvensivu each had two hits. Casey Ryan pitched 2.2 inning to gather in the win.

In the first two games of the series with the Pioneers, Wilson was a combined 9-for-12 with five doubles, seven RBI and four runs scored.

Josh Moses was 3-for-4 for the Pioneers in the second game and Ross Krist and Brooks Chandler each had two hits.


PLATTEVILLE (May 12, 2018) - In the final weekend of conference play, the scores of 13-11 between UW-Stout and UW-Platteville stand out after the first day of play was suspended due to darkness Saturday. The Pioneers won the first game 13-11 and hold a 13-11 lead after seven innings in the second game that was called for darkness. The second game will be completed Sunday, May 13 beginning at 11 a.m. before the teams hold their regularly scheduled doubleheader to close out the season.

Game One featured a combined 24 runs, 37 hits and a nearly one hour lightning delay that contributed to a game that ran well over four hours.

Trailing 10-9 heading in the eighth inning, Stout tied the game when Tyler Seymour, making his first collegiate start in left field, led off the inning with a double to right center. Seymour moved to third on Kyle Hamilton's ground out, then was awarded home on a balk. The Pioneers rallied back with three runs in the bottom of the inning, with one run coming on Ross Krist's RBI single, and two more on Connor Crotty's two-run home run.

Stout pulled to within what would prove to be the final score in the ninth inning when Hunter Merrill hit a bases loaded single to plate Jon Krueger, but Stout would strand two runners to close the game.

The game had six lead changes and both teams had big innings. After Stout opened with a run on a bases loaded walk in the first inning, the Pioneers answered back with two runs in the bottom of the first.

Stout grabbed the lead back with a three-run second, getting RBIs by Jack Hemsath, Ben Vanhove and Kasey Bass. The Pioneers exploded for five runs in the bottom of the second. Hemsath plated a run in the third inning when his sacrifice fly was misplayed. The game was halted for about an hour because of lightning in the Platteville area. When play resumed, Platteville added a run and led 8-5.

The Blue Devils delivered a four-run fourth inning to take a 9-8 lead. Jared Jarvensivu drove in a run, then Jordan Wilson drove in three runs with a bases loaded double.

The teams went scoreless until the bottom of the seventh when Platteville took a 10-9 lead with two runs. The Pioneers left the bases loaded.

Stout finished with 19 hits to 18 hits for Platteville. Stout was charged with an error and Platteville with two.

Wilson went 5-for-6 with three RBI, hitting doubles in three consecutive at-bats in the contest. Javensivu was 4-for-6 with two runs scored and an RBI. Vanhove was 3-for-4 and Hunter Merrill was 2-for-4. Brad Rindfleisch worked the final six innings of the game and was saddled with the loss, despite striking out a career-high 10 batters.

Krist was 4-for-5 for Platteville with four RBI. Brendon Reifsteck was 3-for-5. Mitchell Susa, Josh Moses, Jonny Kelso and MJ Ranieri each finished with two hits each. The Pioneers used five pitchers with Michael Greco getting the win in two innings of relief. Darren Strasburg recorded the save, coming in with two runners on and no outs in the ninth.

Game Two featured the same number of runs, and counting, as the teams has so far combined for 24 runs and 24 hits. Stout committed six errors, as they surrendered a 7-0 lead. Stout scored three runs in the first inning, one in third and three in the third. The Pioneers bounced back in the bottom of the third to pull to within 7-3. Stout added two more runs in the fourth to extend the lead to 9-3, but the Pioneers pulled to within 9-6 in the bottom of the fourth.

Stout added a single run in the top of the sixth to go up 10-6, then gave up five unearned runs in the bottom of the inning to fall behind 11-10. Stout pulled even in the top of the seventh, but the Pioneers scored twice in the bottom of the seventh before the game was suspended due to darkness.

In the first inning, Merrill singled in a run and Bass hit his fourth home run, a two-run shot. Jack Hemsath drove in a run in the second. Bass doubled in a run in the third and Wilson drove in a pair of runs to give Stout the 7-0 lead.

The Pioneers got an RBI single from Moses and a two-run double from Reifstock in the third to pull to within 7-3. Merrill crushed a two-run home run in the top of the fourth for the Blue Devils. Stout gave up two unearned runs in the fourth to see the Pioneers pull to within 9-6. Joel Thimsen stretched Stout's lead to 10-6. The Pioneers scored five runs in the sixth after two outs to take the lead.

Wilson stayed hot for Stout, going 3-for-5, while Merrill was 3-for-4. Moses was 3-for-4.