SCORE: GM 1 – IT 3, CU 4 GM 2 – IT 2, CU 1
RECORDS: Indiana Tech (5-9, 1-3 WHAC), Cornerstone (8-11, 1-1 WHAC)
LOCATION: Fort Wayne, Ind. (Warrior Baseball Stadium)
 
BRIEF: The Indiana Tech baseball team dropped their home opener but earned a split of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference doubleheader on Friday. The Golden Eagles got a ninth inning run to win game one while Tech scored in the bottom of the sixth to take the second.
 
FLOW:
GM 1:
- Neither team could score in the first three innings
- Three hits and an error allowed Cornerstone to plate two runs in the fourth
- An RBI single added to the Golden Eagle lead but solid defense limited the damage
- Derek Morgan continued to hit, driving in a pair of runs with a single in the fifth
- A Romer Portes single in the eighth tied the score for the Warriors
- Back-to-back two out hits scored the game winning run in the ninth for CU
 
GM 2:
- After a quiet three innings, Tech used an error on a Hakes sacrifice bunt to score the first run but left the bases loaded
- In the fifth the Golden Eagles used three hits to tie the game
- A two-out single by Steve Remesnik started the rally in the sixth
- A wild pitch allowed Geoff Duckman, running for Remesnik, to reach second and score on Morgan's game-winning RBI double
 
HIGHLIGHTS:
GM 1:
- Morgan drove in two with his lone hit, one of four Warriors to record a hit
- Portes also had an RBI while three different players scored
- Brian Hakes extended his reach base streak to 13 in 13 games
- Jared Harvey (1-2) was solid in relief, allowing one run on three hits, striking out seven and walking one in four innings
 
GM 2:
- Remesnik tallied a pair of hits with Morgan and Dezmon Nunn recording the other two hits
- Connor McLaughlin (1-0) was stellar on the mound allowing just one run on seven hits over seven innings, striking out six and walking four
 
UP NEXT: WHAC Doubleheader against Cornerstone, Saturday, Mar. 21. First pitch at 1 p.m. in Fort Wayne at Warrior Baseball Stadium
 
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