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Photo by: Keara Chaperon '22
Baseball Takes 2, Eyes 4th Consecutive Series Sweep On Sunday
4/16/2022 10:23:00 PM | Baseball
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Central Michigan baseball team swept its fourth consecutive doubleheader on Saturday, taking the second and third games of a four-game Mid-American Conference with Bowling Green at the Falcons' Steller Field.
Standout pitching from Chippewa starter Andrew Taylor highlighted the Chippewas' 9-1 win in the opener, and a career game at the plate by Aidan Shepardson propelled CMU to a 9-4 victory in the nightcap.
The Chippewas improved to 16-1 in the MAC. They maintain their one-game lead over Ball State, which is 15-2 after sweeping a doubleheader from Akron on Saturday. Bowling Green is 9-23, 6-15.
CMU (22-10 overall) will attempt to complete its fourth consecutive MAC series sweep in the weekend finale on Sunday (1 p.m.). The Chippewas entertain Madonna in a nonleague game on Tuesday, April 19 (3 p.m.) at Theunissen Stadium.
Game 1
Taylor (5-2) struck out 12 and walked two across 6 1/3 innings in the seven-inning opener.
His no-hit bid was broken up in the fourth inning, during which the Falcons picked up two of their three hits. The final hit was a seventh-inning solo homer by pinch hitter Jared Johnson. Clayton Brock finished, getting a strikeout and a groundout.
"I would imagine (Taylor) feels good about (his performance)," CMU coach Jordan Bischel said. "The biggest thing with Andrew is that he doesn't really care what his stats show, he just wants to give his team a chance to win and when you shut out (Bowling Green) in the first six innings, you're going to give the team a great opportunity and I know he feels good about that."
The Chippewas continued to pound the ball at the plate as they collected a season-high 18 hits. They had 15, their previous season high, in their last two games.
Zach Lechnir and Adam Proctor each homered, and Shepardson and Jakob Marsee finished with three hits each.
CMU led 3-0 through four innings and then put the game out of reach with a six-run seventh. The homers by Lechnir and Proctor came consecutively in the seventh inning.
It was Lechner's second of the season and it was Proctor's fourth.
"(Zach's) been here for three years now and he really is a quality hitter," Bischel said. "We've got some depth so it's hard to get every good player on the field, but he hit a home run at Oakland this week and another one today. We know that's in there and it's great to see him succeeding."
Game 2
Garrett Navarra (5-2) struck out four across five innings for the win in the nightcap. He allowed four runs on nine hits and walked one. Ryan Palmblad went the final four frames, striking out six and allowing three hits for his second save of the season.
Shepardson kicked things off straight away for the Chippewas with a two-run double in the first and a two-run single during a four-run second. He finished with three hits and five RBI.
Shepardson is 7-for-12 in the series with seven RBI. He is third on the team with a .354 batting average.
"(Shepardson's) having an amazing senior year," Bischel said. "He's been awfully consistent all year and today he had a couple of really big hits for us and really, he's just been a great team leader for us this year."
CMU led 6-2 after 1 ½ innings and then added a run each in the sixth, seventh and eighth inning. Drew Lechnir and Shepardson delivered sacrifice flies and Danny Wuestenfeld drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in the runs.
Marsee, Morgan and Justin Simpson finished with two hits each for the Chippewas.
Standout pitching from Chippewa starter Andrew Taylor highlighted the Chippewas' 9-1 win in the opener, and a career game at the plate by Aidan Shepardson propelled CMU to a 9-4 victory in the nightcap.
The Chippewas improved to 16-1 in the MAC. They maintain their one-game lead over Ball State, which is 15-2 after sweeping a doubleheader from Akron on Saturday. Bowling Green is 9-23, 6-15.
CMU (22-10 overall) will attempt to complete its fourth consecutive MAC series sweep in the weekend finale on Sunday (1 p.m.). The Chippewas entertain Madonna in a nonleague game on Tuesday, April 19 (3 p.m.) at Theunissen Stadium.
Game 1
Taylor (5-2) struck out 12 and walked two across 6 1/3 innings in the seven-inning opener.
His no-hit bid was broken up in the fourth inning, during which the Falcons picked up two of their three hits. The final hit was a seventh-inning solo homer by pinch hitter Jared Johnson. Clayton Brock finished, getting a strikeout and a groundout.
"I would imagine (Taylor) feels good about (his performance)," CMU coach Jordan Bischel said. "The biggest thing with Andrew is that he doesn't really care what his stats show, he just wants to give his team a chance to win and when you shut out (Bowling Green) in the first six innings, you're going to give the team a great opportunity and I know he feels good about that."
The Chippewas continued to pound the ball at the plate as they collected a season-high 18 hits. They had 15, their previous season high, in their last two games.
Zach Lechnir and Adam Proctor each homered, and Shepardson and Jakob Marsee finished with three hits each.
CMU led 3-0 through four innings and then put the game out of reach with a six-run seventh. The homers by Lechnir and Proctor came consecutively in the seventh inning.
It was Lechner's second of the season and it was Proctor's fourth.
"(Zach's) been here for three years now and he really is a quality hitter," Bischel said. "We've got some depth so it's hard to get every good player on the field, but he hit a home run at Oakland this week and another one today. We know that's in there and it's great to see him succeeding."
Game 2
Garrett Navarra (5-2) struck out four across five innings for the win in the nightcap. He allowed four runs on nine hits and walked one. Ryan Palmblad went the final four frames, striking out six and allowing three hits for his second save of the season.
Shepardson kicked things off straight away for the Chippewas with a two-run double in the first and a two-run single during a four-run second. He finished with three hits and five RBI.
Shepardson is 7-for-12 in the series with seven RBI. He is third on the team with a .354 batting average.
"(Shepardson's) having an amazing senior year," Bischel said. "He's been awfully consistent all year and today he had a couple of really big hits for us and really, he's just been a great team leader for us this year."
CMU led 6-2 after 1 ½ innings and then added a run each in the sixth, seventh and eighth inning. Drew Lechnir and Shepardson delivered sacrifice flies and Danny Wuestenfeld drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in the runs.
Marsee, Morgan and Justin Simpson finished with two hits each for the Chippewas.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Taylor, Andrew (5-2)
L: WILSON, Peyton (3-4)
Batting:
2B: Marsee, Jakob 1 ; Wuestenfeld, Danny 1 ; Shepardson, Aidan 1
HR: Lechnir, Zach 1 ; Proctor, Adam 1
RBI: Camilletti, Mario 1 ; Marsee, Jakob 1 ; Simpson, Justin 1 ; Shepardson, Aidan 1 ; Lechnir, Zach 2 ; Proctor, Adam 1 ; Morgan IV, Robby 1 ; Lechnir, Drew 1
SH: Morgan IV, Robby 1
SF: Camilletti, Mario 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Camilletti, Mario 1 ; Wuestenfeld, Danny 1 ; Shepardson, Aidan 2 ; Lechnir, Zach 2 ; Proctor, Adam 2 ; Morgan IV, Robby 1
SB: Morgan IV, Robby 1
CS: Lechnir, Drew 1
Batting:
2B: GURNEY, Kyle 1
HR: JOHNSON, Jared 1
RBI: JOHNSON, Jared 1
Base Running:
RUNS: JOHNSON, Jared 1
SB: ARCHER, Nathan 1
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