MADISON, WISC. - The Madison College baseball team rebounded from Saturday's setback that snapped a ten-game win streak by sweeping Sunday's doubleheader against the College of Lake County at
Robin Roberts Field. The #8-ranked WolfPack took wins of 6-1 and 5-1 to push their lead in the all-time series with the Lancers to 40-8 with their ninth straight win.
Game #1: #8 Madison College 6, College of Lake County 1
Madison College used one big swing to open the day's scoring as sophomore
Nate Novinska blasted a two-run home run to center field in the first inning.
Ian Salvesen had reached on an error in the at-bat prior, extending the inning for Novinska to smash his fourth homer of the year.
In the second, the WolfPack used back-to-back two-out doubles from freshmen
Chase Maika and
Matt Gruber to go up 3-0. A single to left off the bat of
JJ Wolbert allowed Gruber to race home for a four-run advantage.
Lake County tallied their lone run in the third, which was answered immediately as first year shortstop
Eason Hurd lined a single to center after sophomore
Sam Moses grounded a ball through the right side and stole second. Moses was able to race in from second on Hurd's hit for a 5-1 differential.
The game's final run came in the fifth with Moses scoring another run on a single to left by Maika.
Starter
Noah Musolf (3-1) and reliever
Charlie Slawinski combined on a two-hit effort. Musolf, a sophomore from Franklin, Wisconsin, struck out five over five innings and surrendered just one run on a hit and five walks. Slawinski took over for the final two scoreless innings and registered one hit allowed, one walk, and one K.
Moses, a native of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, was 2 for 3 with two runs scored. Maika also had two hits as the former Kenosha Tremper HS athlete scored a run and drove in another. Novinska was tops with two RBI, to go along with a hit and a run.
Game #5: #8 Madison College 5, College of Lake County 1
Madison College again took a 2-0 lead in the first inning thanks to a single and four consecutive walks, the last two of which forced in runs with
Quinn Falish and
Paul Nuetzel at bat.
It remained a two-run game until a three-run fourth inning put the WolfPack up 5-0. With two on and two out,
Ian Salvesen continued his hot hitting with a single to right to bring in
Jonah Roloff and
Matt Gruber.
Nate Novinska followed with a run-scoring single as
Eason Hurd crossed home.
A wild pitch in the top of the sixth put the College of Lake County (8-22) on the scoreboard; however, the Lancers left the bases loaded.
Salvesen finished with two hits, two runs batted in, and a run scored for the former Wittenberg-Birnamwood HS athlete. Gruber, a native of Franksville, Wisconsin, also had a pair of hits from the leadoff spot and scored one run. Novinska finished with a hit, a run scored, and a RBI.
Sophomore
Adison Tevz (3-2) earned the win after pitching 5.1 innings of scoreless baseball. The righthander from New Berlin, Wisconsin, tied a career high with nine strikeouts, while allowing two hits.
Mason Sherman took over, but issued walks to all four batters he faced, resulting in an earned run.
Casey Wambach took over and closed our his team-leading third save of the season with 1.2 innings of work and one strikeout.
Up Next:
Madison College (26-7) hosts Highland Community College (20-18) on Monday for a single, nine-inning game. The WolfPack swept a doubleheader on the Cougars home fied on March 25 and lead the all-time series 51-7 with seven consecutive wins.
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