![Baseball Defeats Rochester, Loses to Case in UAA Doubleheader](/sports/bsb/2010-11/photos/Schwendel.jpg?max_width=450)
The Emory University baseball team split its doubleheader at the
University Athletic Association (UAA) Tournament on Friday,
defeating the University of Rochester 7-5 in the early game, but
falling 8-7 to Case Western Reserve University in the late
contest.
With the split, the Eagles are now 10-7 overall on the season,
including a 2-1 mark in UAA play. Rochester dropped to 4-3
overall and to 1-2 in UAA games, while Case went to 7-5 this season
with a 1-2 record in conference games.
Emory earned the victory in the early game behind a strong effort
from junior starting pitcher Paul Schwendel, who
struck out a season-high eight batters over his six and a third
innings of work, allowing five earned runs on nine hits and two
walks. Schwendel is now 3-1 on the season with a 5.14 earned
run average.
Offensively, every Emory player in the starting lineup had at least
one hit, as the Eagles totaled 12 hits during the game. Freshman
catcher Jared Welch and freshman right fielder
Brandon Hannon each drove in a pair of runs during
the contest. Welch also threw out two runners on the base
paths.
After falling behind 1-0 in the second innings, the Eagles scored
seven unanswered runs, including one in the third, two in the
fourth and five in the fifth, taking a 7-1 lead. Rochester
would pull back within two with a four-run seventh innings, but
would not get any closer.
Sophomore Mike Bitanga earned the save for Emory,
his fourth of the season, not allowing a run on six hits in the
final two and two thirds innings.
In the late game, Emory took a 2-0 lead over Case with a run in
each of the second and third innings, but the Spartans responded
with a run in the third and three in the fourth off Eagles’
starter Jason Edwards. Reliever Ryan
Orlovsky allowed another run in bottom of the fifth,
giving the Spartans a 5-2 lead.
Emory would respond in the top of the sixth with a four run inning,
regaining a 6-5 lead on a two-run single by Hannon with two
outs. But, Case once again scored two in the bottom of the
sixth and one in the bottom of the eighth. The Eagles pulled
within a run in the ninth on Ryan Jones’ RBI
single, scoring Andrew Cohn, but would strand the
potential game-tying run at first base to end the game.
Reliever Matt McMahon took the loss for Emory,
falling to 1-1 on the season. Hannon finished the game
three-for-four with two RBIs, raising his season batting average to
.500.
Emory will return to action tomorrow at 3:00 PM, facing Brandeis
University in their fourth game of the UAA Championships in
Sanford, FL.