Central Michigan University Athletics
Central Michigan University
Akron
Baseball Beats Akron In Extra Innings
3/31/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 31, 2001
MOUNT PLEASANT--It took extra innings but Central Michigan pulled out an 8-7 victory over Akron on Saturday afternoon at Theunissen Stadium.
CMU's nine-inning victory was the first game of a doubleheader. The nightcap was called in the bottom of the sixth inning with Central leading, 9-0, because of darkness. The game will be completed on Sunday at noon before the regularly scheduled game.
The Chippewas led 7-6 going into the sixth inning when the Zips got a run to tie game up at 7-7.
The score stayed knotted up until the bottom of the ninth inning when Mike Galloway hit a single to center to drive in the winning run.
Akron held a 5-3 lead after three innings. The Zips scored a run in the opening inning and four more in the third. The Chippewas countered with a pair in the first and one in the second.
Galloway had a single that scored a pair in the first while Bryan Scheurer smashed a solo home run in the second.
The Chippewas sliced the lead to 5-4 on a Mike Gates RBI single in the fourth.
The Zips added a run in the fifth to make it 6-4 but the Chippewas answered with three runs in the bottom of the fifth to take a 7-6 lead.
Ryan Krueger had a sacrifice fly and Tim Groves slammed a two-run homer to give the Chippewas the lead going into the sixth.
Reliever Gavin Gillette picked up the win for the Chippewas. He gave up just one hit in 3 2/3 innings of work to make his record 2-0 on the year.
Galloway led the CMU 14-hit attack. He hit 3-for-5 and drove in three runs, including the game winner.
CMU (13-10, 4-2 Mid-American Conference) and Akron wrap up the series on Sunday at noon. The nightcap of Saturday's doubleheader will be completed before the scheduled game is played.
