Central Michigan University
Grand Canyon
Chippewas Fall To Grand Canyon
2/28/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
PHOENIX - Grand Canyon broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday, handing the Central Michigan baseball team a 3-1 loss at the Antelopes' Brazell Stadium.
The Chippewas (0-6) play their fourth and final game in the Grand Caynon Classic on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Tennessee (4-1).
Junior left-hander Nick Deeg (0-2) started for CMU and took the loss. He allowed three runs (one earned) on five hits and struck out seven. He did not walk a batter, throwing 103 pitches, 67 of them for strikes.
Freshman Michael Brettell pitched 2/3 of an inning in relief, allowing one hit and walking one. The Chippewas committed three errors, one of which came in the Antelopes' eighth.
Austin Bull doubled to lead off the inning and moved to third on a bunt. He scored on Thomas Lerouge's groundball, and Lerouge was safe on an error. Lerouge took second on the play, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a Paul Panaccione single to make it 3-1.
CMU threatened in the ninth, getting singles from Logan Regnier and Daniel Jipping, but Mick Vorhof, the fourth Grand Canyon pitcher, ended the threat with a game-ending strikeout.
Vorhof, who came on in the eighth, picked up the victory. He got a strikeout to end the eighth, stranding two Chippewas after Zach McKinstry's two-out RBI double got CMU on the board.
The Chippewas collected seven hits, including two by Regnier.
Red-shirt freshman right-hander Pat Leatherman will start for CMU on Sunday. He will oppose Hunter Martin, a junior right-hander.
