Central Michigan University
24-8
Oakland
7-21
Chippewas Throttle Oakland
4/9/2019 9:36:00 PM | Baseball
Lockwood-Powell homers in 24-10 nonleague victory
The Chippewas, 24-8, finished with 15 hits and took advantage of 19 walks and seven hit batsmen in winning for the 12th time in their last 14 starts.
The 24 runs matched CMU's season high – the Chippewas also scored 24 against Hofstra on March 2 – and it reached double digits in runs for the 12th time this season and surpassed the 20-run mark for the third time.
CMU trailed, 5-0, after two innings and 7-3 after three. The Chippewas tied it, 7-7, with a four-run fourth inning and went ahead, 14-7, with seven runs in the fifth.
"I was disappointed with our energy and focus to start the game," CMU coach Jordan Bischel said. "We did a good job competing offensively after we fell behind."
HOW IT HAPPENED
Zavier Warren, Zach Gilles and Jacob Crum each had an RBI single in the fourth, and then CMU got two-run singles from Jason Sullivan and Blake Cleveland to highlight their seven-run fifth.
Griffin Lockwood-Powell hit a three-run homer during CMU's seven-run seventh. It was Lockwood-Powell's Mid-American Conference-leading seventh of the season and he upped his league-leading RBI total to 47.
AT THE PLATE
Gilles finished with three hits, while Zach Heeke, Warren, Sullivan and Chase Rollin added two hits apiece. Blake Cleveland, Rollin, Jacob Crum, Lockwood-Powell, Warren and Heeke each finished the day with three RBI.
ON THE MOUND
Sophomore Logan Buczkowski (1-0), the third of five CMU pitchers, earned his first win of the season. He allowed two runs over 1 1/3 innings.
Garrett Willis started for CMU, while Grant Frazer, Ryan Palmblad and Ian Leatherman pitched in relief. The five Chippewa pitchers combined to allow 11 hits and strike out eight.
NEXT
The Chippewas begin a three-game MAC series at Kent State on Friday (6 p.m.). The Golden Flashes, the defending MAC regular-season and tournament champions, are 13-17, 3-4.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Buczkowski, Logan (1-0)
L: LEBRATO, M. (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Cleveland, Blake 1
HR: Lockwood-Powell, Griffin 1
RBI: Heeke, Zach 3 ; Warren, Zavier 3 ; Gilles, Zach 1 ; Rollin, Ty 1 ; Lockwood-Powell, Griffin 3 ; Crum, Jacob 3 ; Sullivan, Jason 2 ; Rollin, Chase 3 ; Cleveland, Blake 3
SF: Crum, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Heeke, Zach 4 ; Warren, Zavier 3 ; Gilles, Zach 3 ; Lockwood-Powell, Griffin 3 ; Crum, Jacob 1 ; Sullivan, Jason 2 ; Cable, Spencer 1 ; Rollin, Chase 3 ; Cleveland, Blake 1 ; Williams, Gaoshua 3
SB: Gilles, Zach 1 ; Sullivan, Jason 2 ; Rollin, Chase 2
HBP: Heeke, Zach 1 ; Crum, Jacob 1 ; Rollin, Chase 2 ; Cleveland, Blake 1 ; Williams, Gaoshua 2
Batting:
2B: CAMILLETTI,M 1 ; GRIFFITH, B. 1 ; KRSOLOVIC,R. 1
HR: DEMUMBRUM,D. 1 ; GRIFFITH, B. 1
RBI: ZILINSKY, M. 1 ; DILEO, M. 1 ; DEMUMBRUM,D. 1 ; GRIFFITH, B. 2 ; FITZGERALD,R 1 ; KRSOLOVIC,R. 1
SF: DILEO, M. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ZILINSKY, M. 1 ; MCGEE, M. 1 ; CAMILLETTI,M 2 ; DEMUMBRUM,D. 1 ; GRIFFITH, B. 2 ; FITZGERALD,R 1 ; LEBEAU, C. 1 ; KRSOLOVIC,R. 1
SB: ZILINSKY, M. 1 ; FITZGERALD,R 1 ; LEBEAU, C. 2
HBP: ZILINSKY, M. 1 ; DILEO, M. 1
PO: DEMUMBRUM,D. 1
