Tigers Overtake Anderson (IN) In Late Innings

Photo Credit | Mackenzie Moran
Photo Credit | Mackenzie Moran

Anderson, IN – The Wittenberg Tiger Baseball tallied their seventh win in a row, defeating the Ravens from Anderson University, 17-13. Wittenberg collected 19 hits to the Ravens 18, capitalizing on nine Anderson errors on the evening.  Wittenberg scored in nearly every odd inning, putting up five runs in the first inning, two in the third, three in the fifth, before Anderson held them scoreless in the seventh. The Tiger offense rallied in their final two at-bats, scoring two runs in the eighth and breaking the 10-10 tie in the ninth with their second five-run rally.

Rocco Royer posted a 4 for 5 night at the plate, launching his third home run of the season and driving in three runs. Chase Whisner added three hits in five plate appearances, drawing two walks, with four runs scored and one run batted in.

Michael Bronowski, Conor O'Malley, Ian Ash and Luke Thomas each ended the night with two hits apiece.

Playing back-to-back nights, Wittenberg relied on a rotation of arms out of the bullpen to secure the win. Striking out four Anderson hitters as a unit, Charlie Schafer tallied two strikeouts on the night in 1.1 innings pitched with five batters faced. Nate Floyd picked up one strikeout with three hits allowed with .2 innings pitched. Connor Goss secured the save, allowing one hit with one inning pitched and striking out one.