In the second game of Saturday's twin bill in La Crosse, 1st place UW-Whitewater scratched and clawed its way to a 5-4 win in ten innings.
As was the case in game-one, Jeff Donovan hit another 1st inning two-run homer to give the Hawks the early lead. (see adjacent photo) La Crosse evened the score at 2-2.
The Warhawks took back the lead in the top of the seventh when Ben Kuhlmann scored on a wild pitch and added another in the top of the eighth on a solo homerun by Nick Rechlitz.
UW-L again knotted the score at 4-4 with two runs in the bottom of the eighth after a homerun by Zach Harazin.
Neither team could score in the ninth so it was on to bonus baseball. Mike Kenseth doubled to start the tenth and advanced to third on a sac bunt by Tim Conroy. Rechlitz lined out to the first baseman in an attempt to get home the go-ahead run, but Kenseth ended up scoring on a wild pitch to give the Warhawks the lead for good.
Things did get interesting in the bottom of the tenth as Jason Hooper came in and walked the first batter, Corey Geary. La Crosse laid down a sacrifice bunt to move him to second and then a single moved him to third. With runners at the corners and one out, Hooper got Harazin to fly out to right and Daniel Putnam gunned down Geary at the plate to complete the double-play and the game.
Lee earned the victory in game two pitching just one scoreless inning and facing the minimum number of batters. Hooper earned his first save of the season.
UW-W will face-off against La Crosse again on Sunday in a twinbill beginning at noon.
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