Warrior Pitching Shuts Down Eagles Baseball Team
April 13, 2005

Complete Box Scores
Game 1         Game 2

Remember those concert recordings, things like Eric Clapton Unplugged?

Wednesday (April 13) at AU’s Donges Field, the Ashland University baseball team was unplugged. The Wayne State pitching duo of Kyle Hill and Ryan Mosher pulled the plug on what’s traditionally been a strong AU offense, leading the way as WSU swept the Eagles, 4-1 and 5-1.

Ashland is 21-10, 4-4 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Warriors are 20-8 and 8-1 and in first place in the GLIAC.

Hill and Mosher, a pair of righthanders, silenced the Eagles all afternoon. Hill (6-1) pitched the first game and it took him 1:50 to complete his five-hitter. He walked one and struck out six. AU’s lone extra-base hit was a double by David Waters in the first inning. Waters later came home on a single by first baseman Ron Oneson.

That was the last time the Eagles crossed home plate. WSU tied the game with a run in the third and scored three times off of righthander Josh Davidson (3-3) in the fourth. Catcher Matt Cunningham had a two-run single in that fourth-inning surge. The WSU backstop was 2-for-3 with three RBI. Jason Chapieski, the second baseman and leadoff hitter, was 2-for-4.

Davidson allowed eight hits in seven innings. He was touched for four runs, but only one of those was earned. He walked two and struck out three.

Mosher (5-1) mowed down the Eagles in the second game – the nightcap lasted just 1:22. Mosher wasn’t overpowering – he didn’t strike out a batter – but he fired strikes. The WSU pitcher gave up three hits and two walks. AU got to him for a run in the fourth, a Davidson sacrifice fly brought home right fielder Allen Ayers.

The Warriors scored twice in the fourth and two more times in the sixth before adding an insurance run in the seventh. Designated hitter Adam Schulz was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI and right fielder Adwin Springer was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Shortstop Frank Jeney blasted a triple and first baseman Jon Weisman doubled.

Junior righthander Lek Cole (5-1) absorbed his first loss of the season. Cole gave up five runs on nine hits. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out seven.