OXFORD, Ohio-- The Miami University baseball took a 4-1 lead in the third inning and never trailed from there on the way to a 7-3 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday. The RedHawks improve to 2-3 on the season, while the Mastodons fall to 3-3.
 
Sophomore pitcher Tyler Bosma got the win for Miami. The southpaw went five innings, giving up three runs, on eight hits, allowing one walk and striking out six. Junior pitcher Jacob Webb shut down the door from there, going four shutout innings while allowing four hits and striking out four to earn his first career save.
 
At the plate, the RedHawks were led by senior second baseman Will Vogelgesang, who went 3-for-5 on the day with a home run and two RBIs. Freshman designated hitter Stephen Krause put together a standout performance as well, going 1-for-2 with his first career home run, two walks and two RBIs. Senior Charlie Harrigan also helped out for Miami, putting together two hits in four trips to the plate while adding two RBIs.
 
Trailing 1-0, the RedHawks first put runs on the board in the first inning. Miami got an RBI single from Harrigan, scoring senior right fielder Landon Stephens from second base.
 
The game remained tied until the third inning, when the RedHawks got going again on offense.  Miami scored three times, with an output that included home runs from both Vogelgesang and Krause, which brought the RedHawks lead to 4-1.
 
Purdue Fort Wayne narrowed Miami's lead to 4-3 before the RedHawks stretched the advantage to 6-3 in the fifth inning.  With Stephens and Krause on base, a single from Harrigan scored Stephens. Krause came home on a RBI groundout by junior shortstop Tyler Wardwell.
 
Miami scored once more on an RBI single off the bat of Vogelgesang in the bottom of the sixth, as junior left fielder Parker Massman came home to make it 7-3 and complete the scoring for the day.
 
The RedHawks will look to complete the sweep of the Mastodons on Sunday. First pitch is at 1 p.m.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Western Michigan baseball team registered a historic doubleheader sweep of Alabama A&M on Saturday with a 12-0 shutout victory in game one followed by record-setting 32-4 win in game two.
 
In the second game of the doubleheader against the Bulldogs the Broncos posted a school-record 32 runs on 17 hits in a 32-4 victory. The 32 runs scored are the most in a single game in the NCAA this season and the fourth most in the NCAA over the past two seasons.
 
WMU also drew a school-record 18 walks in game two with junior Blake Dunn being walked five times. Eleven different Broncos registered a hit in the 32-4 victory as WMU totaled six doubles, four shy of the school record set back in 1987 versus Boston College.
 
Of WMU's 32 runs, 14 came in the second inning, the third most runs scored in a single inning in school history and seven shy of the NCAA record. It's the fourth time since 2008 that the Brown & Gold have eclipsed 20 or more runs.
 
In the doubleheader sweep the Broncos had a team batting average of .342 with 44 runs scored on 27 hits. Overall Western Michigan totaled seven doubles and two home runs along with a staggering 10 stolen bases. On the mound, the Broncos used four pitchers totaling a 0.56 ERA with 20 strikeouts. Bronco pitchers in the doubleheader sweep held Alabama A&M batters to a .161 batting average.
 
On Saturday the Broncos were led offensively by sophomore Gavin Doyle, who recorded a stellar .429 batting average along with a team-high seven RBIs. Junior Justin McIntyre had the team's top batting average at .500 with six runs scored and four RBIs. McIntyre also registered two stolen bases. Overall 10 different Broncos registered two or more RBIs in the doubleheader sweep.
 
With its third straight win, Western Michigan improved its overall record to 4-2. The Broncos look to capture a four-game series sweep of Alabama A&M in the series finale on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
 
Game One – (WMU – 12 Alabama A&M – 0)
To begin Saturday's doubleheader the Broncos drove in 12 runs on 12 hits to post their first shutout of the season over Alabama A&M.
 
Eight different Broncos registered a hit against the Bulldogs in game one with a trio of players earning multi-hit games. WMU also had three players earn multi-RBIs with sophomore Gavin Doyle leading the way with four. Doyle was 2-for-4 at the plate with one run scored and belted a three-run home run in the top of the ninth. It was the first career home run for Doyle.
 
Leading off, junior Connor Charping went 2-for-5 with two runs scored along with a double and a career-high two stolen bases. Behind Charping was Golden Spikes Award Watch list honoree Blake Dunn, who went 1-for-3 with two runs scored, one RBI and a home run. Dunn connected on his first home run of the season over the left center field wall in the top of the fourth.
 
Freshman Greg Budig continued his stellar play at the plate going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Hitting in the cleanup spot, redshirt junior Logan Hudson went 1-for-4 with two RBIs and run scored in game one.
 
In just his second career start sophomore RHP Easton Sikorski was dominant on the mound, going a career-high eight innings and allowing no runs on two hits with a career-high 10 strikeouts. Sikorski's 10 strikeouts are the most by a Bronco pitcher since Nic Laio had 10 back on April 27, 2018, versus Eastern Michigan. Sikorski moved to 2-0 on the season with a 0.64 ERA in 14 innings pitched.
 
Western Michigan held Alabama A&M to just two hits in game one, marking the first shutout for the Brown & Gold since a 5-0 victory over Toledo last season.
 
The Broncos got off to a fast start in game one scoring six of their 12 runs in the first four innings of play. In the top of the first, WMU scored three runs on one hit while capitalizing on one Bulldog error. With runners on second and third and one out, a sacrifice fly from Hudson scored Connor Charping from third to give the Broncos their first run of the game. Two batters later, Greg Budig roped an RBI single to widen the lead before Doyle was hit by pitch with the bases loaded to plate WMU's third run of the inning.
 
WMU carried its momentum from the first inning in to the second as a fly ball to right field from Hudson scored Charping once again from third to give the Broncos a 4-0 advantage. WMU added another run in the top of the third as a sacrifice hit by sophomore Will Morrison scored Budig to propel the Brown & Gold to a 5-0 lead.
 
Leading off the top of the fourth, junior Blake Dunn belted his first home run of the season and sixth of his career to give WMU a 6-0 lead after four innings of play.
 
In the top of the ninth the Bronco offense came back to life scoring six runs on four hits. After loading the bases with no outs, junior Sean O'Keefe earned a sacrifice fly for WMU's seventh run of the ballgame. After senior Ethan Hajdukovic reached on a Bulldog error, Budig delivered with an RBI single to extend the Bronco lead.  In the next at-bat, sophomore Gavin Doyle blasted a three-run home to secure a 12-0 victory for the Brown & Gold.
 
Game Two (WMU – 32, Alabama A&M – 4)
In game two of Saturday's doubleheader the Broncos recorded an historic performance at the plate, scoring a school record and NCAA-high 32 runs on 17 hits to defeat the Bulldogs 32-4 in seven innings.
 
The 32 runs were the most in a single game in school history, eclipsing the mark of 28 set back in 1988 against Notre Dame. It's the most runs scored by a team in the NCAA this season and the fourth most over the past two seasons. The Broncos scored 14 of their 32 runs in the second inning, marking the third most runs in an inning in school history.
 
Western Michigan had 11 different players record a hit in the game two victory with four multi-hit performances and seven players with multi-RBIs. The Broncos also drew a school-record 18 walks along with six doubles, four shy of the school record. In the seven-inning contest the Broncos scored at least one run in every inning except the third.
 
Leading the way at the plate was the junior duo of Justin McIntyre and Sean O'Keefe. McIntyre went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and four runs scored while O'Keefe also went 3-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs. Sophomore Gavin Doyle was 1-for-3 at the plate and drew three walks along with scoring four runs and earning three RBIs.
 
On the mound, redshirt senior RHP Jack Szott earned the win going five innings, allowing one earned run on three hits with five strikeouts. In relief, freshman LHP Luke Pappas pitched two innings, allowing no earned runs on four hits while striking out four.
 
The Broncos led off the game with two runs on one hit in the top of the first before exploding for 14 runs on five hits in the top of the second. In the second inning, WMU batted through the line-up twice and scored 10 of its 14 hits with two outs. The 14-run explosion was aided by five singles, nine walks and five stolen bases.
 
Alabama A&M earned its first run of the game in the bottom of the third to cut WMU's lead down to 16-1 before the Brown & Gold posted six runs on four hits in the top of the fourth. The six-run fourth was highlighted by a two out two-RBI double from O'Keefe to extend WMU's lead to 22-1.
 
After plating a run in the top of the fifth, the Bronco bats came to life again with three runs on one hit in the top of the sixth. The Bulldogs countered in the bottom of the sixth with three runs on four hits to trim its deficit down to 26-4 heading into the final inning of play.
 
In the seventh, Western Michigan made history with six runs on five hits for its school record runs total of 32. The seventh was highlighted by O'Keefe, junior Ryan Missal and freshman Josh Swinehart each recording doubles to secure WMU's third straight victory.

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA- Collin Romel tossed five scoreless innings and the Flashes used a balanced attack to knock off Florida Gulf Coast 9-2 on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Flashes scored in four-straight innings to break the game open. Kent State used the deadly combination of timely hitting and costly Gulf Coast throwing errors to jump out to the early lead.
 
Kent State took advantage of some Gulf Coast miscues all afternoon long, starting in the second inning. After a walk to Patrick Ferguson, a Mack Timbrook grounder and errant throw caused two Eagle defenders to collide and send the ball down the right field line. When the dust settled, Ferguson had scored, and Timbrook reached third. Kevin Dobos brought home Timbrook with a single and later scored on a Grant Vera infield hit. The Flashes racked up three runs on a trio of hits and a costly error to lead 3-0 after two.
 
The Flashes were after another unearned run in the third, after an error on a Ferguson groundball sent Collin Mathews to third. Kent State put on a squeeze play, but the Eagles played it to perfection, nabbing Mathews at the plate on a bang-bang play. Undeterred, the Flashes got a sacrifice fly from Eric Wentz to plate their fourth run of the game. Shoddy defense in the fourth led to two more Kent State runs as a failed pick-off move scored Justin Kirby and sent Michael Turner to third. Turner would score on a Ferguson base hit to put the Flashes up a half dozen after four. Eric Wentz single handedly made it 7-0 in the fifth. The outfielder doubled, stole third and came home on a wild pitch. Kent State added two more in the seventh on a Ben Carew run-scoring double, the redshirt junior would come into score on a sacrifice fly.
 
That was more than enough for Collin Romel. The southpaw got out of a two-on, one-out jam in the first and sailed through five innings. He allowed just one hit over the final four innings and struck out six in his second outing of the season.  Richie Dell worked out of trouble in both of his innings, working around two walks in the sixth and two singles in the seventh. The Flashes' defense helped out the freshman with a double play to end the sixth. Gulf Coast would score a pair of runs in garbage time, scoring runs in the eighth and the ninth to close out the scoring.
 
Romel moves to 1-0 on the season with the victory, the Flashes (3-3) are 2-0 in his starts. Kent State will go for the series win in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon. Righty Ryan Lane will go to the mound in the finale, first pitch is set for 1 p.m.
 

HOUSTON - For the second straight day, the Ball State baseball team got an extra-innings, game-winning hit from a senior to pick up a victory. Aaron Simpson's three-run homer in the 11th inning was the key play in BSU's 6-3 victory at Houston Baptist on Saturday.
 
Ball State (2-3) trailed 3-0 early but scored three times in the 4th inning to tie the score. The Cardinals' bullpen held up until the 11th when Simpson pulled a ball over the fence down the left-field line. Tyler Schweitzer was credited with the win as Ball State now is in position to earn a road sweep on Sunday.
 
"Our boys have shown true grit finding ways to win two close ballgames," head coach Rich Maloney said. "We got good pitching, solid defense and timely hitting to win those games. Several different guys stepped up. We've won our first series of the year and we have a chance for a sweep on Sunday."

On Friday, senior Ross Messina's extra-inning RBI hit was the difference in a 5-3 BSU win and Simpson provided the winning hit Saturday. Like Messina, another senior outfielder - Simpson made a winning play on offense in extra innings. Simpson batted in the 11th and lifted the first pitch he saw down the left-field line for a three-run homer. Zach Cole and Justin Conant - who both singled early in the inning - both scored on the play.
 
In both of BSU's win at HBU, relief pitching has set the stage for seniors' heroics. Since the 2nd inning of Saturday, Feb. 15, BSU relievers have combined for for 13.2 innings of one-run ball with 20 strikeouts. Zach Losey has been strong twice, working 7.0 innings and allowing just one run. Tyler Schweitzer, a freshman from Fishers, Indiana, has pitched 4.1 innings and not been charged with a run. 
  
All of HBU's scoring came on a single swing in the bottom of the 2nd inning. HBU's Matt Solomon hit a three-run homer to break a scoreless tie but that was all the scoring Houston Baptist would manage the entire game. 
 
Kyle Nicolas started and delivered the first quality start of the season for Ball State, pitching 6.0 innings while yielding three runs with seven strikeouts. Nicolas has a pair of no-decisions on the year, but he has a 2.45 ERA through 11 innings and 5.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
 
Ball State can score a road series sweep Sunday afternoon when it finishes the series against Houston Baptist at 3 p.m. ET. Chayce McDermott is scheduled to make the start on the mound for Ball State.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Toledo baseball team wrapped up play at the Alamo Irish Classic on Saturday, beating Incarnate Word, 11-10 in extra innings, before dropping game two to Notre Dame, 9-2.
 
The win over the Cardinals was the first of the season for the Rockets and the first for rookie head coach Rob Reinstetle.
 
Next up for Toledo is a four-game weekend series at Alabama State.
 
Game One – Toledo 11, Incarnate Word 10 (10 Innings
Game one was a wild, back-and-forth affair that went to extra innings. Toledo led 9-6 heading into the bottom of the eighth, but UIW scored four to take a 10-9 advantage.
 
Junior Zach Schwartzenberger drove in the tying run in the top of the ninth, and junior Lorenzo DeBrecht tallied the game-winning RBI on a base hit in the top of the 10th.
 
The Rockets pounded out 17 hits against the Cardinals, led by sophomore Darryn Davis and junior John Servello who had four hits apiece. Davis, Servello, and junior Chris Meyers accounted for all five of Toledo's extra-base hits and combined for six RBIs.
 
Junior Nicky Winterstein started the game on the mound for Toledo. Freshman Connor Brandon, sophomore Jamie Myers, and senior Nate Haugh all saw time out of the bullpen. Myers contributed 2.1 scoreless innings and Haugh pitched the final 3.2 innings, earning the win.
 
Game Two – Notre Dame 9, Toledo 2
The Fighting Irish struck first, but Toledo scored two in the top of the third to take a 2-1 lead. Notre Dame answered by scoring one in the fourth, three in the fifth, and two in the sixth to jump ahead 7-2. The Rockets were unable to get the bats going against ND's pitchers, managing just one baserunner from the fourth inning through the end of the game. Davis had two of the Rockets' four hits and drove in one of their runs, with Kirk tallying the other RBI.
 
Junior Jordan Power started the game and turned in five innings. Junior Kyle Bischoff, senior Billy Todorowski, and junior Sam Prince each pitched one inning out of the pen, with only Todorowski throwing a scoreless frame.

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Jordan Patty and Ian Leatherman teamed up to spin a three-hit gem in the nightcap on Saturday as the Central Michigan baseball team topped Jacksonville State, 1-0, to earn a split of a nonleague doubleheader at the Gamecocks' JSU Stadium.
 
Jacksonville State won the opener, 8-0. The teams are scheduled to play the third game of the four-game series on Sunday (2 p.m.).
 
Game 2
Patty, a junior right-hander, allowed just two hits, walked two and struck out four over 7 2/3 innings for his second win in as many starts. Leatherman, a sophomore right-hander, went the final 1 1/3 innings for his first save.
 
"Jordan pitched tremendously in game 2 to help us bounce back and we played great defense behind him," CMU coach Jordan Bischel said.
 
The Chippewas scored the game's lone run in the sixth inning when Zach Gilles walked, moved to second on a Griffin Lockwood-Powell single, and took third on a Chase Rollin bunt. He scored on a Garrett Navarra groundout.
 
Leatherman relieved Patty with a runner at second and two out in the eighth. He got a strikeout to end the inning. Leatherman surrendered a one-out single in the ninth, and then snuffed out the threat by getting a grounder and a strikeout to end it.
 
Patty, the reigning Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week, has not allowed a run in his two starts, covering 14 2/3 innings. He has surrendered just three hits, struck out 10, and has held opposing hitters to a .065 batting average.
 
Game 1
The Chippewas managed nine hits, all singles, but could not capitalize as Jacksonville State played error-free defense and turned four double plays.
 
"For whatever reason, we were not sharp in game 1 today," Bischel said. "Jacksonville State is a well-coached and very talented team and took advantage of our mistakes."
 
The Gamecocks built a 5-0 lead through five innings on CMU starter Cam Brown (0-1), who allowed seven hits, walked three and struck out three.
 
Navarra and Clayton Brock each pitched in relief.
 
Zavier Warren led the Chippewas with three hits in game two, while Zach Heeke had two hits in the twinbill.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO – The Northern Illinois University baseball team hit four home runs and scored 22 runs against the Southeast Missouri Redhawks in a doubleheader Saturday at Capaha Field but split the day's games. NIU won the opener 7-5 with SEMO taking game two 16-15 in 10 innings.
 
"We battled all day and showed some toughness in some difficult spots," said head coach Mike Kunigonis. "The offense has been doing a great job this weekend capitalizing on every mistake. We'll bounce back from a tough game two loss and be ready to win a weekend tomorrow."
 
NIU (3-3) scored first in game one as Alex Rodriguez (Cudahy, Wis./Cudahy) hit a two-out, two-run double in the second inning. SEMO got a run back in the bottom half of that inning, then took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third behind a Justin Dirden RBI triple and a run-scoring single from Austin Blazevic.
 
The two teams traded runs going into the top of the sixth when NIU regained the lead. Jake Dunham (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) led off the inning with a home run to left center to tie the game at four. After a Dylan Lonteen (Peoria, Ill./Illinois Central College) double and a Tommy Szczasny (Tinley Park, Ill./Lincoln-Way North) single with one out, the Huskies took a 5-4 lead on a Rodriguez squeeze bunt. SEMO tied the game at five in the bottom of the seventh.
 
The Huskies took back the lead in the top of the eighth. Dunham led off with a walk followed by a Jordan Larson (Dodgeville, Wis./College of DuPage) single. Lonteen then advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt. Szczasny stepped up to the plate and cleared the bases with a two-run single to left center, putting NIU ahead 7-5. Relief pitcher Nate Thomas (South Bend, Ind./Mishawaka Marian) made that lead hold up. The senior pitched the final four innings, allowing one unearned run on three hits with six strikeouts to earn the win in game one.
 
"Nate did a great job shutting them down in game one to close the door," Kunigonis said. "Our starting pitching did a good job to give us two quality starts and give us a chance to win."
 
Game two started much the same as the opener, with NIU scoring in the top of the first. Back-to-back RBI singles from Dunham and Larson put the Huskies up 2-0. The lead grew to 3-0 as Larson got in a run-down long enough to score Dunham from third base before being picked off to end the inning. The Redhawks made the score 3-2 in the bottom of the first on a two-run single from Wade Stauss.
 
Kam Smith (Colonial Beach, Va./The Steward School) led off the second inning with his first home run of the season to give the Huskies a 4-2 lead. Smith's homer started a stretch of nine unanswered runs for NIU. Szczasny hit a two-run shot over the right field fence in a three-run fourth to make the score 7-2. The Huskies scored five runs in the fifth, highlighted by a three RBI triple from Smith to take a 12-2 lead.
 
SEMO (2-5) chipped away at NIU's lead with one run in the fifth and two in the sixth to make the score 12-5. The Huskies got a lead-off home run from Szczasny in the seventh, his second of the game, to take a 13-5 lead. After the Redhawks scored in the bottom of the seventh, NIU took a 15-6 lead on back-to-back sacrifice flies from Dunham and Lonteen. SEMO tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with nine runs, as a Danny Wright grand slam and a Dirden two-run home run made the score 15-15. The Redhawks loaded the bases with one out in the 10th before Andrew Keck delivered the game-winning single to give SEMO the 16-15 victory.
 
Szczasny was 5-for-7 in the two games with two home runs and six RBI, scoring five runs. Dunham also scored five runs on the day with a home run and three RBI. Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with five RBI in the two games. As a team, the Huskies had 25 hits in the two games with 10 walks and four stolen bases.
 
The two teams wrap up this weekend's series Sunday at 1 p.m.