SCORE: GM 1 – IT 6, WC 0 GM 2 – IT 14, WC 11
RECORDS: Indiana Tech (4-8), Wabash College (5-6)
LOCATION: Crawfordsville, Ind. (Goodrich Ballpark)
 
BRIEF: The Indiana Tech baseball team snapped a five-game losing streak with a sweep of Wabash College at Goodrich Ballpark on Wednesday. Jason Sterrett and Blake Converset combined for a five-hit shutout in game one and a nine-run sixth inning propelled Tech to a come-from-behind victory in game two. A pair of Warriors, Derek Morgan and Peyton Newsom, were perfect at the plate while seven others recorded at least one hit in the second game.
 
FLOW:
GM 1:
- Indiana Tech opened with three straight hits; Romer Portes' two-run single being the third for a 2-0 lead
- A wild pitch, Mark Carpenter groundout and Portes single plated three more runs in the second
- Matt Bandor singled home the final run in the fourth
- The Warriors left eight runners on base, the Little Giants stranded seven
 
GM 2:
- Two hits and an error loaded the bases for Wabash in the first, but they stranded all three
- Zach Pfafman put the Warriors on the board with an RBI groundout in the second
- Eight hits and an error plated six runs for the home team in the bottom of the frame
- An RBI double in the fourth put Wabash up 7-1
- Tech chipped away in the fifth when Hakes doubled home Carpenter and Zach Fyfe
- Four hits and another error plated three more runs for the Little Giants
- The Warriors kept hitting, piling together six hits to plate nine runs in the sixth for the lead
- Portes delivered a pinch-hit two-run triple to start the scoring
- Carpenter singled in a pair, Steve Remesnik doubled home two, Derek Morgan had a sacrifice fly and Tyler Denniston singled home two more
- An RBI double in the bottom of the sixth added to the Little Giants total
- Tech got the run back in the seventh with a Hakes RBI double for the final margin
 
HIGHLIGHTS:
GM 1:
- Sterrett made his starting debut and dazzled, allowing just four hits, striking out three and walking three in five innings
- In just his second appearance in 2015, Converset allowed just one hit, striking out a pair in two innings
-  Carpenter, Portes and Dezmon Nunn each tallied two hits
- Carpenter and Nunn each scored a run with the former driving in one while Portes drove in three
- Four other Warriors scored a run
 
GM 2:
- Newsom and Morgan each finished 3-for-3 with the former scoring four runs and the latter scoring once with two RBIs
- Hakes also collected three hits, scoring once and driving in three
- Carpenter drove in two, scored twice and had two hits
- Portes added to his day driving in two, scoring once
- In all Tech tallied 16 hits and had 14 RBIs
 
UP NEXT: Home Opener against Cornerstone, Friday-Saturday (Mar. 20-21) WHAC doubleheader. First pitch at 3 p.m. on Friday, 1 p.m. start on Saturday in Fort Wayne at Warrior Baseball Stadium
 
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