Central Michigan University
Toledo
Wells Homers in 11th for CMU Victory
4/10/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 10, 2005
MOUNT PLEASANT -- Kurtis Wells ended an 0-10 streak with vengeance here Sunday afternoon.
The Central Michigan University senior slugged a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Chippewas a thrilling 6-5 Mid-American Conference win over the University of Toledo.
The win upped CMU's record to 18-12 for the season and 2-4 in MAC action. UT is now 8-21 and 2-7.
After banging out two hits in Friday's 7-2 loss to the Rockets, Wells had not hit safely in his next 10 at-bats until taking a Greg Gompf offering off the scoreboard in right center. It was his second homer of the season.
The win went to Nathan Pung in relief. He went three scoreless innings, giving up two hits to run his record to 3-1.
Jayson Ruhlman started and went just two innings, allowing three hits and three earned runs. Josh Colmenter hurler a solid five frames, giving up two earned runs and striking out four against no walks. James Ricchio tossed a scored eighth before Pung took over.
CMU took a 2-0 lead in the first when J.T. Jones singled and moved to second on an infield single by Jim Geldhof. Both were sacrificed a base by Troy Moratti. Wells knocked in Jones with a sacrifice fly and Geldhof scored on an error.
UT took the lead with three runs in the third to chase Ruhlman.
The Chippewas answered with three of their own in the sixth when Noah Lankford homered off the top of the fence in right to tie it. Ryan Peel then doubled and scored when J.T. Jones singled to right. Jones raced all the way to third when the ball got by the right fielder and later scored on a bunt by Geldhof.
Toledo came right back with two of its own in the seventh to tie the game at 5-5.
A key play in the game came in the UT half of the 11th when Jake Swint lined out to left fielder Jim Geldhof who gunned down Dan Stong at the plate with what would have been the go-ahead run. Catcher Derek Schaller made a great play, as well, at the plate to catch the ball and make the tag.
David Latour Jr. and Geldhof led CMU's 13-hit attack with three safeties each while Jones, Lankford and Peel had two apiece.
CMU is idle until a non-conference game at Notre Dame on Wednesday at 5 p.m. The Chippewas return to MAC action next Friday-Sunday at league-leading Ball State.
