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swonger
8
Tiffin TU 0-5
9
Winner Wayne State WSU 7-1
Tiffin TU
0-5
8
Final
9
Wayne State WSU
7-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tiffin TU 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 8 9 1
Wayne State WSU 0 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 X 9 10 0

W: Karter Fitzpatrick (2-0) L: Brunecz, Mason (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Seventh inning breakdown leads to 9-8 defeat

Tiffin University (0-5) came back to take a lead entering the final three innings but could not hold on as Wayne State posted a sweep of the Dragons with a 9-8 victory.

Tiffin fell behind in the third inning as it allowed 5 runs off starter Zach Johnson. Johnson was knocked out after 2.1 innings as he allowed 5 earned runs on 6 hits. 

Tiffin got three runs back in the top of the fourth. Cal Brazier walked and Ty Hatfield followed with a single. Logan Swonger then connected on a three-run blast with two outs to make it 5-3, Warriors.

After Wayne State made it 6-3 in the bottom of the fourth, the Dragons exploded for 5 runs in the fifth. Isaiah Mirabal led off the frame with a home run. Griff Cady and Aidan Grabowski followed with walks, with Cady scoring on Brazier's double to left center. After a Hatfield walk, Swonger had another clutch two-out hit, this time a three-run double to center to five TU an 8-6 lead.

In the seventh inning, the Warriros plated three runs (two unearned) to take the lead. Mason Brunecz took the loss over his 1.1 innings of work.

The Dragons could not manage a baserunner over the final two innings.

Adam Deitschel and Swonger had two hits apiece for Tiffin, while Swonger had 6 RBI with his double and home run. 

 
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