Baseball Runs Win Streak To 5 Games

Saturday, February 23

Beaumont, Texas

3 p.m.

Central Michigan University

5-2

Prairie View A&M

1-5

Central Michigan

Prairie View

Photo by: Allissa Rusco

2/23/2019 6:19:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Crum's grand slam highlights 15-hit outburst

By: Mitch Vosburg, CMUChippewas.com

BEAUMONT, Texas – A five-run first inning set the tone as the Central Michigan baseball team ran its win streak to five games on Saturday with a 12-3 victory over Prairie View A&M in the Lamar Cardinal Classic at Vincent-Beck Stadium.

"It's always good to get a win," said coach Jordan Bischel. "We are still learning to play with a consistent energy level, but each game gives us another opportunity to learn.

The win lifted CMU to 5-2 and 3-0 in the Classic. The Chippewas close the event on Sunday (2 p.m.) against Lamar.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Chippewas struck in the first inning with an RBI single from Griffin Lockwood-Powell and a Jacob Crum grand slam for a 5-0 lead.

Zach Gilles upped CMU's lead to 6-1 with a second-inning RBI double, and the CMU scored two more runs in the seventh and four in the eighth to turn it into a rout.

Chase Rollin singled in two runs in the seventh for the Chippewas, and then Lockwood-Powell had an RBI single in the eighth, followed by an Evan Kratt two-run double and a Crum run-scoring single.

AT THE PLATE
Zavier Warren, Crum and Jason Sullivan each collected three hits, while Lockwood-Powell had two. CMU pounded out 15 hits, upping their hit total to 35 in their three games in Beaumont.

ON THE MOUND
Junior left-hander Tyler Hankins allowed three earned runs on eight hits while striking out three over 5 1/3 innings for the win.

Jack Collins, Ian Leatherman and Grant Frazer combined for 3 2/3 shutout innings of relief.

Derrick Curry took the loss, allowing six runs (one earned) over 5 2/3 innings.