FORT MYERS, Fla. – A four-run eighth lifted the Bethel University baseball team to a 10-6 victory in its spring break opener against University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
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Justin Winderfedlt went a perfect 4-for-4 with a run, RBI and a walk. Right behind him was
Marcus Krupke who went 3-for-5 with two runs and a RBI.
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Noah Wenberg put up Bethel's first two runs as his ground-rule-double to right scored Krupke and
Matthew Carlsen.
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Winterfeldt tallied his second double of the game scoring Wenberg to make it 3-0. The Royals added a fourth run to its lead with Krupke's single through the left side in the fourth.
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Starter
Jordan Krupke surrendered three runs through six innings of work, none of which were earned.
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A three-run seventh for the Panthers put them ahead 7-4. But the Bethel bats came right back to life putting up a crooked number in the top of the seventh. The Royals tied it up as Ty Kohen got one pass the third baseman scoring a pair.
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Out of the pen came
Blake Williams with a one-two-three eighth.
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The big eighth inning started with a triple from Krukpe before scoring on Carlsen's sacrifice fly.
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With the bases loaded, Noah Jurgenson tallied and infield RBI single before
Ty Koehn and
Nick Kulseth each took an RBI hit-by-pitch.
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Williams got his first win of the year erasing a leadoff walk in the ninth with a strikeout and then a game ending 4-6-3 double play.
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Bethel is back in action Sunday as it faces off with Wisconsin-Stout for the third time this season. First pitch is at 3 p.m. EDT.
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