MADISON, WISC. - Squaring off for just the second year as in-state foes, Madison College and Bryant & Stratton College played a pair of tightly contested games Monday at Robin Roberts Field with the host team coming away with two victories. Freshmen Jackson Brown and Taylor Jansen combined for a shutout in a 2-0 decision to open the twin bill, and fellow first year Eliot Turnquist produced the game-winning hit and earned a save in a 7-6 extra innings win. The 'Pack has won eight straight games and 15 of their last 16, while also owning a 4-0 advantage in the all-time series with the Bobcats.
(***Madison College played as the AWAY team in both games.)

Game #1: Madison College 2, Bryant & Stratton College 0 (7 innings)

Starter Jackson Brown allowed a max of one base runner an inning through the first four innings of play, giving his offensive teammates a chance to grab the early lead. In the top of the fourth, Madison College did just that with a pair of runs on four hits. With a runner aboard, sophomore Nathan Aide ripped a triple to right to tally the first run. Freshman catcher Henry Henk followed with a run-scoring single. Now pitching with the lead, Brown worked himself into a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the fifth, but induced a inning-ending double play to get out of it. Fellow first year Taylor Jansen entered in relief in the sixth and faced just seven batters over the final two innings to clinch the victory.

Brown (1-1), a native of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, scattered four hits over five innings to earn his first collegiate victory. The righthander struck out four, walked two, and hit one batter. Jansen, a former Sun Prairie High School athlete, also set down four batters via the K and issued one walk in his two innings on the bump that resulted in his first career save.

The WolfPack tallied seven hits, led by sophomore Adam LaRock's two hits and one run scored. Aide finished 1 for 3 with a run scored and one batted in. Henk's 1 for 3 effort produced his fifth RBI of the season.

Game #2: Madison College 7, Bryant & Stratton College 6 (8 innings)

Game two saw more offense as the two teams combined for 16 hits with Bryant & Stratton College (7-18) scoring early and Madison College getting the final tally in extra innings. The Bobcats put three on the board in the second thanks to a lead-off home run, four walks, and a wild pitch. In the fourth, the WolfPack cut the deficit to a single run as sophomore catcher Lucas Trebian doubled in a run and then scored when Carson Holin beat out a bunt single. The scoring kept coming in the fifth. Walker Jenkins opened the frame with a triple and then crossed home on a sacrifice fly from Nick Gile to tie the game at three. Adam LaRock then manufactured his own run to give the 'Pack the lead. The second year outfielder drew a walk, stole second and third, and scored on an error by the Bobcats catcher. Madison College made it 6-3 in the sixth with back-to-back run-scoring base hits from Eliot Turnquist and Walker Jenkins. 

The Bobcats were able to tie the game with a run in the sixth and a two-run homer in the seventh with the WolfPack two outs away from the win to force extra innings. In the top of the eighth, Madison College was able to manufacture another run after Carl Valk earned a free pass to begin the inning. Valk then advanced to second on a sacrifice and reached third with a steal to put the go-ahead run 90 feet from home. Turnquist then stepped to the dish with one out and hit a deep sacrifice fly to center to drive in Valk for the 7-6 lead. The freshman from Columbus High School then took the mound for the bottom half of the inning and sandwiched a pair of strikeouts around a ground ball out for the save.

Jenkins and Gile, two second year middle infielders, led the 'Pack with two hits, while Turnquist registered a team-best two RBI and Valk scored a team-high two runs.

Madison College used a quartet of pitchers, with starter Andy Neu leaving the game early due to injury. He worked an inning and a third and allowed three runs on one hit and two walks, while striking out three. First year righty Carl Renz took over and kept the WolfPack in the game with 3.2 scoreless innings despite six walks and two hits. The Pewaukee, Wisconsin, native did record seven K's. The win fell to freshman Connor Jasurda, who tossed two innings and allowed two earned runs on four hits and a walk. The save for Turnquist is his team-leading third of the year. 

Up Next:

Madison College (19-7) returns to Robin Roberts Field on Tuesday for a nine-inning affair with Region IV opponent College of Lake County (14-15). The two teams split a pair of games last year, but the WolfPack lead the Lancers by a 26-4 margin in the all-time series. First pitch is at 3:30 p.m.

All home Madison College baseball games can be streamed live at MadisonCollege.tv.

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