KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Tristan Jorah and Hunter DeLanoy each hit RBI singles in the fifth to provide the winning runs as Wayne State (14-3) defeated the Dartmouth Big Green (4-5), 3-2, on Thursday night at Osceola County Stadium.
Junior
Tyler Fagler (0-1) was stuck with the loss for yielding three runs, two earned, on five hits and a free pass with a pair of strikeouts over 4.2 innings. The Big Green bullpen provided stellar relief with three relievers tossing 4.1 scoreless innings on just one hit. Junior
Michael Parsons escaped a two-on, two-out jam in relief of Fagler in the fifth, then twirled two more shutout stanzas before freshman
Nathan Skinner and sophomore
Max Hunter each put a goose egg on the board.
Three Warriors relievers combined to twirl three no-hit innings to close out the game, making a winner of Tyler Waldrop (3-0), who struck out eight in six innings of work while allowing the two runs — only one earned — on four hits and two walks. Jack Schmidt tossed the final frame with his only blemish a hit batter with one down before closing the door for his first save.
The Warriors struck first thanks to a Big Green two-out error that allowed Justin Kelly, who had led off the second inning with a single, to score from second.
After Waldrop faced the minimum over the first three innings, Dartmouth rallied in the fourth. Senior
Matt Feinstein singled with one down and came all the way around to score when
Trevor Johnson boomed an RBI double to knot the score at one. Then with two down, Calamari reached on a throwing error and Johnson scooted home from second for a 2-1 Big Green lead.
But the Warriors answered right back in the fifth, starting with an infield single before a two-out walk pushed the tying run into scoring position. Fagler got two quick strikes on Jorah but could not get the third as the Wayne State shortstop stroked a 2-2 pitch for an RBI single. Once again, Fagler pumped two quick strikes through the zone only to have DeLanoy poke the next offering into center to drive home the go-ahead run.
The Big Green threatened to score the tying run — or more — in the bottom half when they loaded the bases with two gone. Waldrop wiggled his way out of the jam on a pop to first. In the seventh, Dartmouth put runners on first and second with one down with the top of the order coming to the plate, yet Brendan Whetmore took the mound and retired the next two hitters to end the threat. A leadoff walk in the eighth was erased on a double play ball as well.
Feinstein had two of Dartmouth's four hits on the evening, and Johnson was involved in both Big Green runs.
Wayne State had just six hits of its own, two courtesy of Jorah.
Dartmouth begins a three-game series at USF (8-7) on Friday night at 7 p.m.