Baseball Rebounds, Collects Season Sweep of Oakland

Tuesday, May 5

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

3 p.m.

Central Michigan University

20-27

Oakland

10-34

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	8	1
Central Michigan	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	X	6	11	0

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Chippewa arms carry shutout into eighth inning; Webb leads bats with three-for-four outing

By: Harrison LaLone

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan Baseball took down Oakland, 6-4, in a second nonleague meeting Tuesday afternoon at Theunissen Stadium.

"Winning builds confidence, no matter how you play or how things go," Head Coach Jake Sabol said. "A win at home, to feel that again was important."

The Chippewas completed a season sweep of the Golden Grizzlies in combination with an 11-6 road victory on April 21.

CMU has four left in its nine-game homestand: a Mid-American Conference weekend series with Akron, followed by the regular season home finale against Valparaiso (May 12; 3 p.m.).

The six-man pitching slate put a solid outing together Tuesday as the group held Oakland off the board until the eighth inning, allowing the bats to stage a 6-0 lead.

Mitchell Tarnowski picked up his first win of the season (1-1) with three shutout innings, four strikeouts to two hits, two walks.

"We think very highly of Mitch. He's going to be really good for us when cleans some stuff up, and today was a glimpse of that."

Bryson Webb led an all-around offensive effort for the Chippewas with a three-for-four day at the plate, an uptick from a recent slump for the everyday third baseman.

"His at-bats have been better; he's grinding it out. He's hit some balls right on the screws right at people for the last several games and hasn't been rewarded for it. When he's on-base and going, it makes our offense that much better."

Webb legged out an infield single to load the bases in the first to keep the inning alive for CMU's first run, a Harrison Bowman RBI walk. A one-out knock into center field jump-started the three-run third inning. A well-executed bunt put Logan Keilen in position for a Joey Milto RBI base hit to left.

Tyson Potts took the mound for a second start in three games to redeem his Saturday effort with two innings of one-hit work and two strikeouts in an arm-preserving 24 pitches. Kenny Keller and Carter Campau carried the shutout through the sixth and seventh innings, combined for just 13 pitches.

Cole Prout and Zach Knowlton each joined Webb in the multi-hit club, each a two-for-four outing. Knowlton scored on both of his appearances on the base paths, sent Webb home for the first run of the third on a RBI single to left field; Prout doubled to score Knowlton in the seventh.

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