Gorloks Keep Hopes Alive With 5-3 Win Over Manchester
APPLETON, Wis. - The Webster University baseball team advanced
in the NCAA DIII
Championship, with a 5-3 win over Manchester University (Ind.), on
May 25 at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wis. Issac Behme
got the start for the Gorloks and went the distance in picking up
the win.
Webster plays the loser of the Linfield (Ore.)/Southern Maine game
on May 26 at 12:00 p.m. at Fox Cities. With a loss in the
first round, the Gorloks must continue to win to stay alive in the
Championship.
For the second day in a row, a leadoff walk in the first came back
to haunt the Gorloks. Behme issued a free pass with the
runner then moving to second on a ground out. A bloop single
to right gave the Spartans a 1-0 lead.
The Gorloks manufactured runs in four different innings to grind
out the win. In the third inning, Ryan Hall singled with two
out, stole second, and scored on a double by Cody
Stevenson, to tie the game 1-1.
In the fourth, Taylor Stoulp walked with no one out, Mike Rainbolt
singled, and Alex Kazmierski was hit by a pitch to load the
bases. Jared Turner drove in Stoulp with a groundout to
short, and Bonds sent Rainbolt home with a grounder to short as
well as Webster took a 3-1 lead.
After Manchester scored a run in the fifth, Webster came back in
the sixth with a run of their own as Lasky beat out an infield hit
and took second on an errant throw. Moving to third on a
ground out to the mound by Rainbolt, Lasky scored on a wild pitch
to make it, 4-2.
Both teams would each add another run, but the Gorloks held on to
advance. Webster is 37-11 and set a new all-time high for
wins in a season with the victory.
Behme scattered seven hits and two walks, while allowing three
runs, to improve to 10-3 on the season with the complete game
victory. With his 10th win, Behme ties Steven Dooley for the
Webster all-time high record for wins in a single season.
Stevenson was two for four, with an RBI and run scored. Lasky
was two for four, with a run scored, and Kazmierski wound up two
for three on the day.
Courtesy Webster University sports information