AUBURNDALE, Fla. — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire baseball team defeated Framingham State 18-8 in seven innings in its final game at the RussMatt Invitational on Saturday at Lake Myrtle Park.
Drew Salyers (Sr. - Centennial, Colo./Arapahoe) tied the program record for hits in a single game as the Blugolds cruised to victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Salyers went 5-for-5 with 5 RBI and four runs scored in the victory. His five-hit performance was the first by a Blugold since both John Jahnke and Corey Tauer had five hits on April 29, 1995. It's only the fourth five-hit game in UW-Eau Claire's history.
- The Blugolds (6-5) scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back. They added single runs in both the second and third innings before tacking on four more in the fourth, six in the fifth and two in the sixth.
- The six-run fifth saw the Blugolds send eight batters to the plate before making an out. Carter Vieth (Fr. - Elk Mound, Wis.) drove in two runs in the frame and Salyers added an RBI double.
- Salyers hit a pair of doubles and stole two bases.
- Austin Buck (Jr. - Afton, Minn./Stillwater) went 3-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored. He also stole two bases.
- Austin Curti (Fr. - River Falls, Wis.) and Carson Windeshausen (Sr. - Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) had two hits each. Windeshausen drove in three runs.
- Cole Hinkel (Sr. - Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View) earned the win on the mound with 1.1 scoreless innings of work. It was his first victory of the season. Aaron Skrypek (Jr. - Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial) started and threw 4.2 innings. He struck out four.
UP NEXT
UW-Eau Claire opens Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play with a four-game series at top-ranked UW-Whitewater on March 29-30. Both doubleheaders begin at 12 p.m.
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