GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – After holding an early 5-0 lead, the Golden Eagles were unable to hold on falling 7-6 after a two out walk-off single for Davenport in the bottom of the ninth.
Jarod Burton would hit a grand slam in the game, the first of his career, but it was not enough as CU drops to 6-12 on the year. Cornerstone will return to the Farmers Insurance Athletic Complex for a chance at redemption against Davenport tomorrow at 3 p.m. for a single nine inning game.
Game Highlights
- Cornerstone scored first after an RBI double from Brandon Hepp in the second inning scored Trevor Bastien to take a 1-0 lead.
- The Golden Eagles added four more runs in the second inning after Jarod Burton hit a grand slam for his first homerun of the season, making the score 5-0.
- After a quick first three innings for starting pitcher Chandler McKinney, the Davenport offense finally got to him scoring two runs in the fourth on a pair of solo homeruns.
- Daniel Abbgy came in as relief of McKinney on the mound and gave up an RBI single after an error was recorded in the inning cutting the Golden Eagles lead to two.
- Aaron Krupansky got the lead back to three for CU hitting a sacrifice fly that scored Gabe Zeiger.
- Abbgy ran into more trouble in the seventh inning giving up a two-run homer to Jake Bozzo and an RBI single to Nolan Bryant that allowed the Panthers to tie the game 6-6.
- Relief pitchers Alan LaBov and Evan Maize kept the game tied for the two sides, each going two innings without giving up a run.
- In the bottom of the ninth Davenport got a runner on second after a single and an error. LaBov would then load the bases with a pair of walks after a sacrifice bunt had advanced the Panther runner to third. CU then got the second out on a fielder's play at home. With two outs however, Hunter Rohstorfer hit an RBI single to give Davenport the walk-off 7-6 win.
By the Numbers
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Jarod Burton hit the second grand slam in CU program history as Nick Covello hit the first one against Victory College on February, 22 of 2014.
3 – Three CU players had multi-hit games as
Trenton Gilman,
Gabe Zeiger, and
Brandon Hepp each had two hits.
10-6 – Davenport pitchers recorded 10 strikeouts in the game while CU pitchers recorded six.
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Gabe Zeiger scored two of the teams six runs on the day.
What's Next?
Cornerstone will play another single nine inning game at Davenport tomorrow with the first pitch set for 3 p.m.
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