Edward Grochowalski Jr. hit his team-leading fourth home run of the year Friday.
Panthers Post Back-to-Back Shutouts At Indiana Tech
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Davenport baseball team tallied four doubles to back
Danny Sullivan's career-high 11-strikeout performance to blank Indiana Tech 6-0 in game one. Edward Grochowalski Jr. hit a two-run home run and four Panther pitchers combined for five strikeouts and hits each to once again shutout the Warriors 3-0. The two Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference foes close out the regular-season Saturday at 1 p.m.
Cam Cooper had three hits on the day, all in game one, while
Tyler Berger had back-to-back doubles to drive in three runs.
Game One – Davenport 6, Indiana Tech 0
The Panthers (33-12, 16-6 WHAC) did all the damage in the second inning.
Jotham Woo and Berger hit back-to-back lead-off doubles to break the ice. The Warriors (28-13, 17-7 WHAC) would commit three errors that proved to be costly as the Panthers brought two more runs across.
Davenport put the game out of the Warriors reach in the fifth when Grochowalski drew a two-out walk and another back-to-back double from Woo and Berger give Davenport a 6-0 lead.
Sullivan (5-3) surrendered three hits and walks each in eight innings of work.
Colton Satterlee went the rest of the way and punched out two batters.
Game Two – Davenport 3, Indiana Tech 0
Both teams were scoreless until the Panthers half of the fourth inning.
Derek Dennis christened the inning with a single and score when Grochowalski hit his fourth home run of the season.
The third run came in the sixth inning. Cooper led off reaching on an error, stole second and advanced to third on Dennis' sacrifice bunt.
Michael Allen drew a walk and a failed pickoff attempt to first allowed Cooper to score.
Starter
Drew Sain scattered a pair of hits and two walks in 2.1 innings.
Corey Sessions took over and surrendered only a hit and a walk,
Ryan Butzer would only give up two hits in two innings before Satterlee returned from game one to shut the door for his fourth save.
Post-Game Notes
With the two wins, Davenport now leads the all-time series against Indiana Tech 10-9…After recording one steal,
Andrew Kawam needs one more to tie Travis Laver for the single-season record of 26.
