No. 17 ESU baseball team rolls in pair of Sunday home games
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Monday, March 10, 2008
The No. 17 Emporia State baseball team swept a pair of home games on Sunday, taking a 17-4 victory over Minnesota-Duluth and a 5-0 win over Fort Hays State.
Anthony Dreiling led ESU’s bats in the first game, hitting two home runs in the same inning.
The Hornet second baseman led off the second with a solo home run, then followed in his next plate appearance with a grand slam to rack up five RBI in the same frame.
Eric Shortell, Brian Majors and James Morrison also added home runs for ESU.
In the nightcap, Tyler Applehans gave the Hornets their best performance on the mound this season.
The left-hander allowed no runs and just two hits in eight innings while striking out eight.
Ty Reese pitched a perfect ninth to preserve the two-hitter.
Kevin Wempe paced ESU’s offense with two RBI.
The Hornets split their home contests on Saturday, losing to Minnesota-Duluth, 15-2, before winning Game Two, 17-6.
Nick Wolfe had the team’s only home run on Saturday.
ESU (10-3) will play a pair of home games at 3 and 5:30 p.m. today.
ESU 17, Minnesota-Duluth 4
Sunday at Trusler
Minn.-Duluth 000 013 0 — 4 10 2
Emporia State 083 033 X — 17 10 1
W — Higgins. L — Vlasak.
E — MD: Baker, Erickson; ESU: Higgins. DP — MD 1, ESU 1. LOB — MD 5, ESU 2. 2B — MD: Johnson; ESU: Wempe, Williamson. HR — ESU: Majors, Shortell, Dreiling 2, Morrison. HBP — ESU: Majors. SB — ESU: Shortell, Anderson.
ESU 5, Fort Hays State 0
Sunday at Trusler
Fort Hays State 000 000 000 — 0 2 4
Emporia State 030 002 00X — 5 4 1
W — Applehans. L — Gilliland.
E — FHSU: Denning 2, Gilliland 2; ESU: Wolfe. DP — ESU 1. LOB — FHSU 6, ESU 7. 2B — ESU: Williamson. SB — ESU: Anderson.
Minnesota-Duluth 15, ESU 2
Saturday at Trusler
Minn.-Duluth 310 0(10)1 0 — 15 14 1
Emporia State 010 010 0 — 2 5 5
W — Zweber. L — Mitts.
E — MD: Zweber; ESU: Majors, Dreiling 2, Carlson, Mitts. DP — MD 2, ESU 1. LOB — MD 7, ESU 6. 2B — MD: Olson, Threlkeld, Erickson. HR — MD: Doherty, Jagiela, Burman. HBP — MD: Doherty, Fadness; ESU: Wempe, Wolfe. SH — MD: Heieie. SB — MD: Doherty, Olson, Erickson. CS — ESU: Stewart.
ESU 17, Minnesota-Duluth 6
Saturday at Trusler
Minn.-Duluth 201 200 1 — 6 7 2
Emporia State 150 245 X — 17 14 3
W — Soto. L — Jagiela.
E — MD: Olson, Denisen; ESU: Anderson, Carlson, Soto. DP — ESU 1. LOB — MD 3, ESU 6. 2B — MD: Heieie, Johnson; ESU: Wempe, Majors, Shortell 2, Morrison. 3B — ESU: Dreiling. HR — MD: Foreman; ESU: Wolfe. HBP — ESU: Wempe 3, Shortell. SF — ESU: Shortell, Williamson. SB — MD: Goblirsch; ESU: Majors, Shortell 2, Anderson 2, Williamson 2. CS — MD: Baker.