Sunday, March 1
San Marcos, Texas
12:00 PM
Central Michigan University
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Texas State
Chippewas Take Series Finale at Texas State
3/1/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Central Michigan made the most of its opportunities and Jason Gamble and Josh Pierce combined on a five-hit shutout Sunday as the Chippewas defeated Texas State, 2-0, in a non-league baseball game at Bobcat Stadium.
It was the third consecutive win for the Chippewas (8-4), who took three of the four games in the series. CMU goes to Wichita, Kan., next week for a three-game set with Wichita State.
Gamble (1-0), a junior right-hander, struck out one, walked two and allowed three hits in 6 1/3 innings in his first start - and victory - of the season. Pierce, a junior left-hander, went the final 2 2/3 innings, allowing two hits while walking one. The Chippewas did not commit an error.
"Gamble pitched a great game today and we played very good defense," CMU coach Steve Jaksa said. "I was pleased with that. We'll have to build on that next week. Josh Pierce came in and did a fine job and we ended up getting out of there with a 2-0 win."
The victory wrapped up what turned out to be a solid weekend in which CMU won its second series of the season in three tries. They split their third, last weekend at Stetson.
"We did not play well on Friday," Jaksa said in reference to CMU's 5-3 loss at Texas State. "Don't know why, but it was not a polished game for us at all.
"We went into Saturday and we had to learn from it, put it behind us, keep going. We don't need any more of those, that's for sure."
The Chippewas did all of their scoring in both games of Saturday's doubleheader in the late innings, posting the sweep to get back on track.
The win in Saturday's nightcap was particularly gratifying, Jaksa said, in light of the fact that the Chipppewas led 3-0 with two out in the bottom of the ninth, then allowed the Bobcats to tie it on a triple and an error. CMU won it with two runs in the bottom of the 10th.
"We had one mental mistake in that situation, but we learned from that," Jaksa said. "I liked that we showed a little poise and then came back and closed it out."
On Sunday, the Chippewas scored their runs in their first and last at-bats.
In the first inning, two walks and a single loaded the bases and Cody Leichman grounded into a force at second base to drive in a run.
In the ninth, the Chippewas used a hit batsman, a wild pitch and a groundout to get a runner to third, then Alex Borglin singled to make it 2-0.
The Chippewas kept the shutout in tact by throwing out a runner at the plate in the first inning and a runner at third base in the seventh.
In the Bobcat first, CMU left fielder Daniel Jipping threw to shortstop Zach McKinstry who relayed to catcher Tyler Huntey who tagged out a runner at the plate; in the seventh, Ryan Heeke, who by then had replaced Jipping in left, fielded a double down the left-field line, threw to McKinstry who, in turn, gunned the ball to third baseman Joe Houlihan who tagged out a baserunner scrambling back to the bag after he had made a wide turn.
Losing pitcher Montana Parsons allowed six hits, walked two and struck out one over 6 2/3 innings. Keith Brenner and Jeremy Hailonquist worked in relief for the Bobcats (3-8-1).
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Central Michigan made the most of its opportunities and Jason Gamble and Josh Pierce combined on a five-hit shutout Sunday as the Chippewas defeated Texas State, 2-0, in a non-league baseball game at Bobcat Stadium.
It was the third consecutive win for the Chippewas (8-4), who took three of the four games in the series. CMU goes to Wichita, Kan., next week for a three-game set with Wichita State.
Gamble (1-0), a junior right-hander, struck out one, walked two and allowed three hits in 6 1/3 innings in his first start - and victory - of the season. Pierce, a junior left-hander, went the final 2 2/3 innings, allowing two hits while walking one. The Chippewas did not commit an error.
"Gamble pitched a great game today and we played very good defense," CMU coach Steve Jaksa said. "I was pleased with that. We'll have to build on that next week. Josh Pierce came in and did a fine job and we ended up getting out of there with a 2-0 win."
The victory wrapped up what turned out to be a solid weekend in which CMU won its second series of the season in three tries. They split their third, last weekend at Stetson.
"We did not play well on Friday," Jaksa said in reference to CMU's 5-3 loss at Texas State. "Don't know why, but it was not a polished game for us at all.
"We went into Saturday and we had to learn from it, put it behind us, keep going. We don't need any more of those, that's for sure."
The Chippewas did all of their scoring in both games of Saturday's doubleheader in the late innings, posting the sweep to get back on track.
The win in Saturday's nightcap was particularly gratifying, Jaksa said, in light of the fact that the Chipppewas led 3-0 with two out in the bottom of the ninth, then allowed the Bobcats to tie it on a triple and an error. CMU won it with two runs in the bottom of the 10th.
"We had one mental mistake in that situation, but we learned from that," Jaksa said. "I liked that we showed a little poise and then came back and closed it out."
On Sunday, the Chippewas scored their runs in their first and last at-bats.
In the first inning, two walks and a single loaded the bases and Cody Leichman grounded into a force at second base to drive in a run.
In the ninth, the Chippewas used a hit batsman, a wild pitch and a groundout to get a runner to third, then Alex Borglin singled to make it 2-0.
The Chippewas kept the shutout in tact by throwing out a runner at the plate in the first inning and a runner at third base in the seventh.
In the Bobcat first, CMU left fielder Daniel Jipping threw to shortstop Zach McKinstry who relayed to catcher Tyler Huntey who tagged out a runner at the plate; in the seventh, Ryan Heeke, who by then had replaced Jipping in left, fielded a double down the left-field line, threw to McKinstry who, in turn, gunned the ball to third baseman Joe Houlihan who tagged out a baserunner scrambling back to the bag after he had made a wide turn.
Losing pitcher Montana Parsons allowed six hits, walked two and struck out one over 6 2/3 innings. Keith Brenner and Jeremy Hailonquist worked in relief for the Bobcats (3-8-1).
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