Tuesday, May 10
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
3 p.m.
Central Michigan University
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Adam Mrakitsch rounds third and heads for home with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on Tuesday at Theunissen Stadium.
Photo by: Jack Reeber '23,M'25 - @jackreeber.raw
Baseball Wins With 2 8th-Inning Runs
5/10/2022 9:17:00 PM | Baseball
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The Central Michigan baseball team scored two runs in the eighth inning on Tuesday in rallying for a 4-3 nonconference victory over Oakland at Theunissen Stadium.
The Chippewas improve to 32-15 overall. They open a four-game Mid-American Conference series at Eastern Michigan on Friday (5 p.m.). The teams will continue with a Saturday (noon) doubleheader before closing the series on Sunday.
CMU trails first-place Ball State by 1 ½ games. The Chippewas are 24-6 in league play; Ball State, which entertains Ohio in a four-game set this weekend, is 26-5. Eastern Michigan is 21-27, 15-17 MAC.
Adam Proctor doubled in a run with two out in the eighth inning to tie the score, 3-3. Proctor was lifted for pinch runner Adam Mrakitsch, a freshman pitcher, who raced home and beat the throw with a slide on a single by Justin Simpson.
Simpson led the Chippewas' seven-hit offense with two. He delivered an RBI single in the seventh to tie the game, 2-2. Jakob Marsee's third-inning RBI double gave CMU its first run.
Ryan Insco (1-1), the fourth of five CMU pitchers, allowed one run on two hits in the eighth and picked up the win. Jake Jones issued a one-out walk in the ninth then got a fly out and a strikeout to end it and earn his sixth save.
Ben Vitas and Aaron Husson also took a turn on the mound, striking out two each. Michael Conte made his first career start, allowing two runs on three hits over three innings.
The Chippewas improve to 32-15 overall. They open a four-game Mid-American Conference series at Eastern Michigan on Friday (5 p.m.). The teams will continue with a Saturday (noon) doubleheader before closing the series on Sunday.
CMU trails first-place Ball State by 1 ½ games. The Chippewas are 24-6 in league play; Ball State, which entertains Ohio in a four-game set this weekend, is 26-5. Eastern Michigan is 21-27, 15-17 MAC.
Adam Proctor doubled in a run with two out in the eighth inning to tie the score, 3-3. Proctor was lifted for pinch runner Adam Mrakitsch, a freshman pitcher, who raced home and beat the throw with a slide on a single by Justin Simpson.
Simpson led the Chippewas' seven-hit offense with two. He delivered an RBI single in the seventh to tie the game, 2-2. Jakob Marsee's third-inning RBI double gave CMU its first run.
Ryan Insco (1-1), the fourth of five CMU pitchers, allowed one run on two hits in the eighth and picked up the win. Jake Jones issued a one-out walk in the ninth then got a fly out and a strikeout to end it and earn his sixth save.
Ben Vitas and Aaron Husson also took a turn on the mound, striking out two each. Michael Conte made his first career start, allowing two runs on three hits over three innings.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Insco, Ryan (1-1)
L: DEANS, B. (0-1)
S: Jones, Jake (6)
Batting:
3B: PHILLIPS, B. 1
RBI: MILLER, J. 1 ; PHILLIPS, B. 1 ; POST, C. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LUX, G. 1 ; CLEARY, I. 1 ; PHILLIPS, B. 1
SB: LUX, G. 1 ; POST, C. 1
CS: POST, C. 1
Batting:
2B: Proctor, Adam 1
3B: Morgan IV, Robby 1
RBI: Simpson, Justin 1 ; Marsee, Jakob 1 ; Proctor, Adam 1
SH: Simpson, Justin 1 ; Marsee, Jakob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Camilletti, Mario 1 ; Shepardson, Aidan 1 ; Proctor, Adam 1 ; Mrakitsch, Adam 1
SB: Camilletti, Mario 1 ; Lechnir, Drew 1
CS: Lechnir, Drew 1
HBP: Wuestenfeld, Danny 1 ; Proctor, Adam 2
PO: Marsee, Jakob 1
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