Central Michigan University Athletics
Central Michigan University
Notre Dame
Chippewas Defeat Notre Dame, 10-4
4/13/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 13, 2005
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- Central Michigan University won for the second straight year here Wednesday with a 10-4 baseball victory over the University of Notre Dame and in the process may have uncovered another arm.
Redshirt freshman right-hander Andy Wingert went four and one-third innings in relief to pick up the first decision of his career. He allowed three hits and three earned runs while walking one and striking out four.
Wingert had pitched twice before this season and hadn't allowed an eearned run in two innings.
CMU is now 19-12 for the season and the Fighting Irish slip to 17-15. The Maroon and Gold defeated the nationally ranked Irish a year ago here, 5-1.
The Chippewas took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Bryan Mitzel walked with the bases loaded.
After ND tied it with a solo marker in the second off starter Jayson Ruhlman, CMU scored twice in the fourth to take the lead for good. Jeff LaFavors Jr. and Ryan Peel had back-to-back singles. LaFavors later scored on a groundout by Brian Campbell and Peel scored on an error.
The Chippewas broke it open with four in the seventh and three more in the ninth.
J.T. Jones and Jim Geldhof led off the seventh with singles and were sacrificed up a base by Troy Moratti.Kurtis Wells then singled in one run and pinch-hitter David Latour Jr. walked to load the bases. Mitzel and LaFavors then were hit by pitches to drive in two runs and Peel had a sac fly to plate the fourth tally.
ND scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to cut the deficit to 7-3 but CMU clinched it in the ninth on Derek Schaller's pinch-hit two-run single and a triple by Jones.
James Ricchio got the final two outs for CMU in relief of Wingert who allowed the Irish a run in the final frame. Ruhlman went the first four innings and gave up three hits and one runs. He walked four and struck out two.
The loser for ND was Wade Korpi (3-1).
Morrati went three-for-three while Jones and LaFavors had two safeties each as the Chippewas amassed 11 hits.
CMU returns to Indiana this weekend for a three-game Mid-American set at Ball State University on Friday-Sunday.
