Being able to hit the baseball has been a constant with the UW-Whitewater baseball team on the way to nine Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles in the last 11 seasons.
It the Warhawks two opening weekend wins over Washington University in St. Louis are any indication, UWW will have another potent offensive attack again this spring.
The Warhawks swept Wash U 11-1 and 16-10 in its weekend sweep in St. Louis. In the two victories, the Hawks hit a robust .350 as a team.
UW-Whitewater’s top of the order pulverized Wash U pitching. Senior right fielder Danny Putnam led the way, going 8 for 9 while scoring 6 runs.
Rob Coe was just as impressive by going 5 for 7 at the plate including a double and three-run home run. The All-WIAC catcher finished opening weekend with a staggering 8 RBI.
”We believe we have nine solid hitters from top to bottom in the lineup each game,” Hawk head coach John Vodenlich tells Voiceseyeonbaseball.blogspot.com. “When you start the game with Putnam, (Matt) Beyer, Coe, (Jeff) Donovan and (Andrew) Eichstaedt that is a pretty tough bat order.”
The Hawks jumped on Wash U in the first inning of both games to take an early lead.
”We like putting pressure on the opposing pitcher ‘out of the chute’ and we accomplished that over the weekend,” Vodenlich said.
The Warhawks finished its 42 and 5 season last year while leading the WIAC with a .351 season batting average.
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