MENOMONIE, Wis. (blugolds.com) — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire baseball team finished a four-game series at UW-Stout with a split after winning one of two games on Sunday. The Blugolds dropped the first game of the day 14-6 but responded with a 20-9 victory in the series finale.
A home run barrage in Game 2 helped the Blugolds (8-22, 2-14) end the series on a high note. UW-Eau Claire blasted three home runs in the first inning as part of an eight-run frame and never looked back.
Diego Caicedo (Jr. - Pompano Beach, Fla./Northeast) started it with a three-run shot,
Carson Windeshausen (Jr. - Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) added a solo homer and
Drew Salyers (Jr. - Centennial, Colo./Arapahoe) capped it with a two-run homer. Windeshausen finished the series with four homers, while Caicedo and Salyers finished with two apiece.
The first inning was the highlight, but the Blugolds kept scoring in game two. They pounded 21 hits in the contest, with eight players recording multi-hit games. They scored twice in the second, three times in the third, once in the fourth, twice in the fifth, eighth and ninth. Salyers, Windeshausen,
Ryan Casimier (So. - Columbia, Tenn./Battle Ground Academy) and
Walter Johnson (Jr. - Minnetonka, Minn.) all had three hits. Caicedo,
Connor Weik (So. - Wauconda, Ill./Mundelein),
Brayton Thillman (Fr. - Eau Claire, Wis./North) and
Cade Mueller (Sr. - Coal City, Ill.) added two hits apiece, and Mueller had a team-high four RBI.
The Blugolds had seven extra-base hits in the victory.
Joe Clinton (Jr. - Aurora, Colo./Cherokee Trail) pitched five innings to earn the victory and improve to 2-0 this year.
Sebastian De La Toba (So. - Chula Vista, Calif./Olympian) threw four scoreless innings in relief to earn a save, his second of the year.
Salyers and Windeshausen both homered and combined for five hits in the first game for the Blugolds, but it wasn't enough to win. The Blue Devils pulled away with three runs in the fourth and four in both the fifth and sixth innings.
The Blugolds are scheduled to visit Northland College for a doubleheader on Wednesday, April 24. The first game begins at 1 p.m. in Ashland.
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