The UW-Whitewater baseball team appeared on the way to a sweep of second-pace UW-Stevens Point Monday afternoon at Jim Miller Stadium. The Warhawks led 5-2 entering the eighth inning of game-two of the twinbill. Inexplicably the UWW pitching staff would surrender four runs in the eighth and nine more in the ninth resulting in a frustrating 15-9 Warhawk loss.
Following the game, head coach John Vodenlich took his pitching staff to the outfield where they would run for approximately 30 minutes.
“The guys that are running out there are better than that,” Vodenlich told reporters following the 15-9 loss. “They’re not running as punishment, they are a good pitching staff and are responsible for our 27 wins. They also, collectively, could have finished that game.”
The Pointers scored nine runs in the top of the ninth to take a 15-6 lead. UW-W used six pitchers in the inning as Point brought thirteen batters to the plate. The inning featured five consecutive RBI singles with two outs.
“It’s not acceptable to give up 15 runs and they know it,” Vodenlich said. “If I didn’t think we had talent on our (pitching) staff we’d be happy with the split. We are a lot deeper and a lot better than we showed today.”
It won’t take long for the Warhawks to get their next test. UW-Oshkosh returns to Whitewater Wednesday for a doubleheader. The Hawks will wrap up its WIAC schedule over the weekend with four games at Superior.
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