When your have the horses, why not ride them? UW-Whitewater head coach John Vodenlich elected to start Riley Tincher in game-one of Sunday’s doubleheader vs. UW-Stout at James B. Miller Stadium. Tincher flirted with a no hitter in Friday’s 15-2 win at Platteville. He pitched 5.2 innings, giving up just two hits and a run in the seven inning (run rule shortened game).
Tincher was not as sharp in Sunday’s start vs. Stout. The junior lefthander gave up 3 runs (only 1 earned) and 7 hits in 4.1 innings of work. Kyle Lee came on in the fifth and pitched 3.2 innings of no-hit ball while striking out four Blue Devil batters. The sophomore righthander picked up his fourth win of the season without a loss. Freshman Tom Kerndt pitched the ninth inning.
Stout went up 1-0 in the top of the third but the Warhawks responded in the bottom of the inning with a run of their own.
Five more runs for the 'Hawks in the bottom of the fourth gave them a 6-1 lead. Matt Beyer and Mike Kenseth drove in two runs a piece in the inning while Stine drove in the other run.
The Blue Devils tallied two runs in the top of the fifth but again the Warhawks retaliated with a run in the bottom of the fifth and three more in the bottom of the seventh.
Rob Coe went 3-for-3 in the game with one RBI and three runs. (see adjacent photo) Stine, Kenseth and Nick Rechlitz each had two hits in the game while Kenseth, Beyer and Leavitt had multiple RBIs.
The win is the 12th straight for UW-Whitewater who are ranked third in the latest American Baseball Coaches Association Top 25 poll, and seventh in the most recent D3baseball.com Top 25 national poll.
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