The UW-Whitewater baseball team stepped out of the conference Wednesday afternoon sweeping a doubleheader from Edgewood College on a chilly Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium in Whitewater.The Warhawks rode the sizzling bat of Jeff Donovan and a solid starting pitching performance by Matthew Roberts on the way to a 12-2 seven inning run rule victory.
Donovan was 3 for 3 – all doubles, tying the UW-W record for doubles in a game. Donovan finished the game with four RBI, scored twice and reached on a hit by pitch. Danny Putnam, Jared Fon and Drew Eichstaedt chipped in with two hits each. Andrew King and Eric Curtis led the Eagles by going 2 for 3 for Edgewood.
Roberts, a freshman out of Manitowoc Roncalli High School pitched all seven innings for UW-W to pick up his first victory as a Wahawk. The right-hander gave up seven hits, walked one and struck out six.
As far as game two of the twin bill is concerned it was second verse, same as the first.
The Warhawks rolled again in game-two with a 14-2 win.
Hawks’ starting pitcher Tom Kerdnt pitched the first six innings of the seven inning 10 run rule victory. The sophomore from Lansing, Iowa picked up his first decision of the season, giving up just six hits, walked two and struck out three. Justin Mortensen came on to pitch a one, two, three seventh inning to lock down the game-two victory.
Jeff Donovan picked up where he left off in Wednesday’s nightcap. The senior put together another 3 for 3 effort including another 3 RBI.
For the day, “J-Doe” was 6 for 6 with seven runs batted in.
Donovan wasn’t the only Hawk carrying a hot stick.
Jared Fon was 4 for 6 in the twinbill with 6 RBI.
Danny Putnam extended his team-leading hitting streak to nine straight games with a 3 for 6 afternoon.
UW-Whitewater is now .20-5 while Edgewood falls to 11-17.
UWW welcomes Concordia University (Chicago) to Miller Stadium Thursday afternoon for another non-conference doubleheader. The first pitch is set for 1 p.m.
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