RIO GRANDE, Ohio -- WVU Tech baseball completed the four-game River States Conference (RSC) Games of the Week series Saturday split, 1-1, with University of Rio Grande. The Golden Bears and RedStorm now hold the same records in 2017, 16-15, 10-6 RSC, after scores of 4-8 and 3-0.
In the 3-0 victory for the Gold and Blue, redshirt-junior
Garrison Vandeventer earned his sixth save of the season and is now tied for sixth in the nation (NAIA DI) for total saves in 2017.
Game One | Rio Grande 8, WVU Tech 4 | Box Score
The team managed five hits in the loss including one each from seniors
Tanner Levine,
Trevor Lam,
Alex Kotheimer and
Marcus Rodriguez and freshman
Jacob Reimold.
Levine finished with two RBI and a stolen base while senior
Chris Davidson and Reimold marked the other runs batted in.
On the mound, senior
Jarron Monroe (2-2) finished with an ERA of 2.70 after 3.1 innings pitched. Monroe scattered five hits and one earned run while striking out two RedStorm.
Game Two | WVU Tech 3, Rio Grande 0 | Box Score
The Golden Bears recorded their third shutout of the season in the final game of the series. Tech's pitching allowed just four Rio hits given up by senior
Chris Davidson after 6.1 innings.
Davidson moves to 4-2 on the mound after the win, striking out four batters while giving up three earned runs. Vandeventer threw for two outs after taking up relief with two runners on, walking one batter and striking out another.
Senior
Doug Prather finished a perfect 3-for-3 at the dish towards his RBI while also marking a stolen base.
Levine had a home run to give him a RBI and run scored.
The run scored in the fifth was by pinch runner freshman
Brandon West. West took over for Rodriguez on the bases who reached by a single to left field.
Tech will return to the field next week, Saturday and Sunday, when they host Midway University for a four-game RSC series. Midway (13-3) is currently No. 1 in the RSC while WVU Tech is tied for fourth with Rio Grande at three games back.
