Bees storm back to take second game at Trinity International
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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St. Ambrose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
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Trinity International | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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St. Ambrose | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 0 |
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Trinity International | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
St. Ambrose scored 10 runs over the first three innings, including a six-run third, in a 16-6 win in the second game of a doubleheader at Trinity International Tuesday. The victory salvaged a split as the Trojans won the opener 9-8.
Collin Berry, Andrew Rodriguez, Cole Aughenbaugh, Gabe Panza and Zach Stroman each had two hits in the Bee win. Berry, Rodriguez and Stroman each drove in a pair while Peyton Minder knocked in three, including two on a double in the big third inning.
Panza, Rodriguez, Aughenbaugh and Josh Hlubek also had an RBI in the third that helped St. Ambrose open up a 10-1 lead.
After TIU closed the gap to 10-5, Berry had a big two-out, two-run double in the sixth to extend the lead to 12-5. Mike Snow scored on a balk in the eighth, Braeden Reed scored on a wild pitch in the ninth, and Stroman added a two-run single in the ninth to secure the win.
James Cormier earned the win with 5 1/3 innings of relief of Casey Hollan.
The win eased some of the disappointment in dropping the first game. A game in which St. Ambrose rallied from a 7-1 deficit in the sixth to grab an 8-7 lead before watching Trinity International walk off with a 9-8 victory.
With just three hits through five innings, and facing that six-run deficit, the Bees finally got rolling in the sixth. Jack Cunningham and Aughenbaugh led off with back-to-back walks before Michael Ryan and Rodriguez followed with RBI singles. A third run scored when Noah Powless reached on an error.
An inning later, the Bees took advantage of two TIU errors to plate four runs. Following a two-run Rodriguez single, SAU took the lead when a two-out error allowed two unearned runs to score.
But in the bottom of the seventh, St. Ambrose was undone by an error of its own. The two-out error put a Trojan on second, and it was followed by a single to tie the game and a double that scored the game winner.
Ryan Andrews was tagged with the loss.
Rodriguez finished with two of the Bees' seven hits.
SAU, now 7-18 overall and 5-8 in the CCAC will play a three-game series at Judson beginning with a single game Friday before wrapping up the set with a doubleheader Saturday.