Baseball team wins Saturday 6-0, loses Sunday in 15 innings

The Central Michigan baseball team came within a few outs of a perfect weekend at the Snowbird Baseball Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla.

CMU lost Sunday in agonizing fashion against Georgetown.

In the fifteenth inning, the Hoyas hit back-to-back-to-back singles, the last by Justin Leeson to give the Hoyas a 4-3 win in each team’s tournament finale.

CMU (6-9) got on the board first, scoring three runs in the fourth inning on a bases-clearing triple by freshman Logan Regnier. Regnier finished the game 3-for-7.

Senior pitch Rick Dodridge allowed just one hit through the first five innings but got into trouble in the sixth when the Hoyas pushed across two runs making the score 3-2. Georgetown tied the game an inning later.

CMU shut out Chicago State 6-0 on Saturday behind the right arm of senior starter Pat Kaminska. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound native of Phoenix, Az. broke out of his season-long slump, going seven innings without allowing a run. Kaminska (1-3) also struck out six batters, allowed six hits and did not walk a batter.

As has been the case a lot early in the season, the Chippewas scored in the first inning. Sophomore Pat MacKenzie singled to right field and advanced two bases on a failed pickoff attempt before coming around to score on a RBI single by sophomore Cody Liechman. Freshman Zack Fields later scored on a passed ball to make it 2-0 after the first inning.

CMU extended its lead to 3-0 in the fourth on a RBI groundout by Logan Regnier that scored senior Tom Lally and scored two more runs in the bottom of the fifth on another RBI by Leichman and a bases-loaded walk of sophomore Joe Houlihan

Leichman led CMU, going 4-for-5 with two RBI. Fields was 2-for-4 with and RBI.

The Chippewas’ home opener against Madonna is scheduled for Tuesday. First pitch, weather permitting, at Theunissen Stadium is set for 3:05 p.m.