The UW-Whitewater baseball team still has some work to do in the regular season prior to this weekend’s WIAC postseason tournament in Stevens Point.The Warhawks, 29-9 on the season will host Concordia (Mequon) in a nonconference doubleheader Tuesday on Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
Will UWW head coach elect to save Riley Tincher and Jeff Donovan for this weekend’s WIAC tournament? That is a question that won’t be known until shortly before Tuesday’s 1 p.m. first pitch.
The Hawks have received some superior starting pitching down the stretch from pitchers other than Donovan and Tincher.
Jack Larsen pitched the first nine innings of UWW’s 1-0, 13 inning victory, in game-two vs. UW-La Crosse this past Saturday. The junior from Menomonee Falls gave up just 1 run and four hits before giving way to Eric Schmitz in the 10th inning. Schmitz did not give up a hit while earning the win in relief.
Justin Lambert has been the Hawks No. 3 pitcher since arriving back home following spring training games in Florida.
Prior to UWW’s series with La Crosse over the weekend UW-Whitewater got “quality starts” in its previous four games.
Lambert, Justin Mortensen, Jack Larsen and Matt Roberts all went at least five innings giving up three runs or less. Larsen went the first 3.2 innings with Kyle Lee pitching the remaining 3.1 innings in the Warhawks 3-1 win over nationally ranked St. Scholastica (Minn).
Tuesday’s non-conference games are not “throw-aways” for the Warhawks. The Warhawks have a 29-9 record entering the twinbill vs. Concordia. Two wins would give UWW a 31 & 9 mark and a strong Pool C (at large) candidate if the Warhawks do not win the WIAC postseason tournament.
First pitch vs. Concordia on Tuesday is set for 1 p.m. on Prucha Field at James Miller Stadium
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