Baseball swept by No. 19 Davenport to open home-stand

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GRAND RAPIDS - Mich. – Cornerstone was swept by No. 19 Davenport with a10-3 loss in game one and 9-3 loss in game two on Wednesday night. CU is now 15-22 on the year and they fall to .500 in the WHAC at 9-9 and the Golden Eagles will look to get back on the winning track as they continue the home stretch with a four game series against Lourdes starting on Friday at 4 p.m.

Game Flow

Game 1 – Davenport got on the board first after a leadoff double came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Cable to make the score 1-0. CU responded in the bottom of the first with a run of their own that came off an RBI single by Zach Bohl (SR/Hudsonville, Mich.) that scored Jonny Abbadusky (JR/Elverson, Pa.) tying the game at 1-1 but Brett Shure (FR/Orlando, Fla.) in his first collegiate start could not keep the Panthers off the board as they scored three more in the next three innings to take a 4-1 lead.

The Golden Eagles cut into the lead in the bottom of the fifth scoring two runs off a chop single by Jon Stewart (SO/Rockford, Mich.) and a Davenport error bringing the score to 4-3. The Panthers then put the game away with a big response in the sixth highlighted by a three run homerun off the bat of Travis Bolin resulting in a final of 10-3.

Game 2 – No. 19 Davenport again got off to a hot start again scoring six runs in the first four innings to take a 6-0 lead. Jake Ellis (SO/Grand Rapids, Mich.) came in as relief for Brandon Willard (SR/Sylvan Lake, Mich.) and settled the game down for a while, but the Panthers would get to him adding three more runs in the sixth to make the score 9-0.

Cornerstone would avoid getting shutout due to a ground out by Aaron Krupasnky that scored Travis Gordon (SR/Lowell, Mich.) along with a wild pitch by Davenport's Michael Meade that plated Jacob Klemme (SR/Plymouth, Wis.) bringing the score to 9-2. CU would then add one more run in the bottom of the seventh but left the bases loaded resulting in a 9-3 final.

Starters Lines
Brett Shure – 4IP, 5H, 4R (4ER), 2K, 2BB
Brandon Willard – 3.2 IP, 9H, 6R (6ER), 0K, 0BB

Offensive Numbers
-   Zach Bohl went 3-7 on the day with one RBI
-   Jon Stewart went 2-3 in game one with an RBI
-   Five different Golden Eagles scored a run in today's double-header

What's Next?
Cornerstone will remain at home to host Lourdes for a four game set over the weekend starting on Friday at 4 p.m.

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