Central Michigan University
3-2
Prairie View A&M University
1-4
Chippewas Open Cardinal Classic With 2 Wins
2/22/2019 11:20:00 PM | Baseball
Heeke drives in 7 runs to lead CMU in opener; Cameron combo leads the way in nightcap
BEAUMONT, Texas. – Timely hits, and plenty of them, along with solid pitching got the Central Michigan baseball team off to a 2-0 start to the weekend on Friday as the Chippewas downed Prairie View A&M and then host Lamar in their first two games of the Cardinal Classic at Lamar's Vincent-Beck Stadium.
Zach Heeke had five hits and drove in seven runs to lead the Chippewas to a 15-2 victory over Prairie View A&M. The two Camerons, Brown and Miller, then teamed up on the mound to lift CMU past Lamar, 4-2.
The win over Lamar was CMU's fourth straight as it improved to 4-2. The Chippewas are scheduled to take on Prairie View A&M on Saturday (1 p.m.) and then is scheduled to close its weekend trip to Texas with a game on Sunday (2 p.m.) against Lamar.
"It's great after a long travel day to get two wins," CMU coach Jordan Bischel said.
GAME 1
Heeke, a junior, hit a two-run single in the second inning and then added another two-run single in the fourth as CMU seized a 4-0 lead over Prairie View A&M.
The Chippewas exploded for eight runs in the sixth inning and then added three in the eighth.
Senior Pat Leatherman (1-0) started and went six innings for his first victory of the season.
GAME 2
Griffin Lockwood-Powell hit his second home run of the season in the second inning to put the Chippewas on the board against Lamar, and then Jacob Crum smacked a two-run triple and Chase Rollin added a run-scoring single in the fourth to lead CMU at the plate.
Brown (2-0) tossed 7 1/3 innings, allowing two earned runs while striking out five and walking one.
Miller came on with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth. He got a strikeout and a groundball to end the inning and the threat. He earned his second save.
"Cameron Miller is a strike thrower and he came in and did just that, pounded the strike zone," Bischel said. "He did a great job trusting himself and his teammates."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Leatherman, Pat (1-0)
L: T. Warren (0-1)
Batting:
2B: E. McDonald 1 ; D. Horner 1 ; B. Williams 1
3B: D. Horner 1
RBI: D. Horner 1 ; K. Davis 1
SF: K. Davis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: M. Kirkland 1 ; D. Horner 1
SB: D. Smith 1
PO: D. Smith 1
Batting:
2B: Heeke, Zach 1 ; Warren, Zavier 1 ; Crum, Jacob 1 ; Williams, Gaoshua 1
3B: Jakiemiec, Bryan 1
RBI: Heeke, Zach 7 ; Warren, Zavier 1 ; Sullivan, Jason 1 ; Jakiemiec, Bryan 2 ; Williams, Gaoshua 2
SF: Sullivan, Jason 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Heeke, Zach 1 ; Warren, Zavier 1 ; Gilles, Zach 1 ; Cable, Spencer 1 ; Lockwood-Powell, Griffin 1 ; Jakiemiec, Bryan 3 ; Kratt, Evan 3 ; Crum, Jacob 2 ; Williams, Gaoshua 2
SB: Heeke, Zach 2
HBP: Warren, Zavier 1 ; Kratt, Evan 1
