April 3, 2009
Final Stats
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Miami baseball team(13-12, MAC 4-3) scored early and often en route to a 9-1 victory over Western Michigan (6-18, MAC 2-5) Friday afternoon at Hyames Field. It is the fourth consecutive Mid-American Conference win for the Red and White.
Miami starter Matt Erwood (Atlanta, GA) picked up his fourth win and lowered his earned run average to 2.68 for the season. After surrendering one run in the bottom of the first, Erwood retired 21 of the next 25 batters he faced, striking out six, and setting the Broncos down in order four times.
The RedHawks opened the scoring in the top of the first inning with a two-run Tommy Nurre (Cincinnati, Ohio) homerun, his sixth of the season.
The Red and White broke the game open in the fourth inning, scoring four times. Miami's first three batters of the frame loaded the bases without the ball leaving the infield. Ryan Curl (Columbus, Ohio) then hit a single to right field to score two. Just two batters later Jordan Petraitis (Canal Fulton) picked up an RBI single to the shortstop.
Chris Nadeau (Saline, Mich.) picked up the last RBI of the inning and chased Western Michigan starter Billy Morrison. Adam Weisenburger (Plymouth, Minn.) increased Miami's lead to 7-1 with an RBI single to right in the fifth inning.
Nurre picked up his third RBI of the day on a single that found its way through the left side in the sixth inning to extend the Miami lead to 8-1. Petraitis hit his second home run of the season in the eighth inning to close scoring in the game.
RYAN MEYERS (Medina, Minn.) pitched a scoreless ninth inning to finish off the Broncos and secure the Miami victory.
Tyler Melling (Bellefontaine, Ohio) will take the mound for the RedHawks to face Brian Stroud at 1 p.m. in the second of the three-game series in Kalamazoo. The final game will be Sunday at 1 p.m.
