FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech baseball team was swept by Madonna on Sunday in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) play, falling late in game one, 7-6, before the Crusaders completed the weekend sweep with a 5-2 victory in game two at Warrior Stadium.
Glen McClain had three hits, including a triple, with two RBI's and scored twice, while
Brian Hakes,
Tighe Koehring and
Mark Carpenter also drove in a run each.
Jared Harvey took the loss in game one after going 5.1 innings in relief and allowing two runs, one earned, one three hits and a walk while striking out four.
Johnny Crawford was the pitcher of record in the second game, going three innings and giving up four runs, all earned, on three hits and two walks while striking out three.
Brian Gremaux came on in relief to pitch 3.2 innings, giving up one earned one on five hits and recording four strike outs.
A pair of doubles put the Crusaders on the board in the first inning of game one as the visitors went up 2-0, but
Peyton Newsom would homer to right center, with his ball hitting Anthony Boulevard on the fly, to cut the deficit to one in the second.
Three more runs in the third put Madonna up 5-1 on Tech, but the hosts strike back with three runs in the fourth, with McClain driving in Koehring and
David Barksdale with a triple before scoring on the next at-bat after the Crusaders catcher bobbled the throw home from third.
The Orange and Black would then tie the game in the fifth with Hakes driving in
Charlie Sipe with a single to left and Barksdale scoring the go-ahead run from second one batter later after and error by the Crusaders second baseman as Tech went up 6-5.
A homer from Madonna in the eight would tie the game at 6 and the visitors would take advantage of an error by Sipe to score the winning run in the ninth and take their third game of the series.
Tech would take the lead in game two in the bottom of the first with Koehring single to plate
Kyle Mead, but Madonna would hit two-run homers in the third and fourth to go ahead 4-1.
A fielders choice RBI in the sixth from Carpenter would score McClain to cut the deficit to 4-2, but the Crusaders would add an insurance run in the seventh as the visitors completed the four-game sweep.
Tech (26-16, 10-12 WHAC) heads to Lourdes on Wednesday for a doubleheader as they close out the road portion of their schedule. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. from Mercy Field.
