Box Score
The DBU Patriots and Iowa Hawkeyers combined for 36 hits and 30 runs in a 10 inning marathon game on Friday afternoon in the Pepsi Johnny Quick Classic. The Patriots suffered the tough 17-13 loss to fall to 11-10 on the season, while the Hawkeyes improved to 4-4.
DBU struck first in the bottom half of the first inning when Junior Austin Krum led off the inning with a walk, then advanced to second off a walk by Freshman Austin Knight. Senior Garrett Baker then loaded the bases by reaching base on a bunt single, which brought up Sophomore Evan Bigley, who drove in Krum with an RBI sacrifice fly. The score after one inning of play was 1-0 in favor of DBU.
The Patriots continued to score in the bottom of the second after they scored five runs to push their lead to 6-0. Sophomore Trevor Head led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second base off a single by Sophomore JT Bloodworth. Krum then scored both runners when he hit a two RBI triple and scored off an RBI single by Knight. Baker drove a pitch to left field for his second hit of the day, which advanced Knight to third base and brought up Bigley, who picked up his second and third RBI of the day when Knight and Baker scored off a double by Bigley.
Iowa started to chip away at the lead in the top of the third inning, when they scored three runs off of two walks, one hitbatsman, and one base hit. The Hawkeyes then took an 8-6 lead in the top of the fourth inning after they pushed five runs accross the board off of five hits, two walks, and a hitbatsman.
DBU answered right back in the bottom of the fourth when Baker led off the inning with a double to left field and scored on an RBI single by Bigley, who picked up his fourth of the day. Bigley advanced to second off a single to centerfield by Junior Nick Santos and scored on a single by Head, which brought the score to 8-8.
The Hawkeyes retook the lead in the top of the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings when they scored five more runs off of six hits and three more walks.
Trailing 13-8 going into the bottom of the seventh the Patriots started their comeback when Krum walked to bring up Knight, who hit is first collegiate homerun over the right field fence. DBU added one more run in the bottom of the seventh after Baker walked then stole second and scored off an RBI single by Senior Matt Tucker.
DBU finished their comeback in the bottom of the eighth when they tied the game 13-13. Freshman Ryan Enos started the inning off with a single and advanced to second after Bloodworth walked. Krum and Knight each struck out looking to bring up Baker with two outs in the inning, when hit the two RBI game tying double down the leftfield line.
Neither team could score in the ninth but in the top of the tenth the Hawkeyes finished off the Patriots when they placed four runs on the board off five hits and one DBU error.
Picking up the loss for the Patriots was Senior Randall Taylor, who fell to 2-2, after he pitched 3.0 innings, allowed four runs, and struck out three. Mike Schurz picked up his first win of the season by pitching 3.0 innings, allowing no runs, and striking out five.
Leading DBU at the plate was Baker, who went four for six, with three runs scored and two RBI, while Bigley finished the game with two hits in five at bats and four RBI. Krum and Knight each had two hits, while Krum drove in two and scored three times and Knight drove in three, with two runs scored.
DBU will look to pick up their first win at the Pepsi Johnny Quck Classic tomorrow afternoon, when they take on Iowa, at 2:00.
