The Baseball Observer - May/ June 2016
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PERFECT PITCHERS
Scholtens Perfect Game Leads Baseball Past Dayton
by WSU Athletic Media Relations
3/11/16: Jesse Scholtens pitched the first perfect game in
Wright State baseball history and the offense pushed across a
run in the sixth as the Raiders defeated Dayton 1-0 Friday
afternoon at Time Warner Cable Stadium.
It was quite a pitcher's duel between Scholtens and Flyer
starter Mason Kutruff for the first five innings as Scholten
retired all 15 batters he faced, striking out nine, while Kutruff
shutout the Raiders on two hits.
WSU, though, broke through with the only run of the game in the sixth. JD Orr led off with a walk and went to second on a bunt by Jason DeFevers. Mitch Roman walked and after both runners advanced into scoring position on a wild pitch, Ryan Fucci plated Orr with a grounder to short.
Scholtens (2-0) struck out a batter in each of the final three innings to finish with 12 for the game, including Pat Meehan looking for the final out to complete the perfect game. It is the first perfect game in Wright State history and the first no-hitter for the program since Darrell Back accomplished the feat at Valparaiso on May 16, 1993.
Gordon Pitches Perfect Game as Saints Sweep Hillsdale
Courtesy Maryville (Mo.) Athletics
3/13/16: St. Charles, Mo. - Senior Robbie Gordon (St. Louis,
Mo. / Ladue) pitched the first perfect game in Maryville
University baseball history as he retired all 21 batters he
faced in a 2-0 victory over Hillsdale College in St. Charles,
Mo. His perfecto was also the first no-hitter in Saints history.
The Saints won the second game of the doubleheader 7-5 to
earn a split of the four-game series.
Gordon set the tone in the top of the first as he struck out two of
the first three Chargers he faced. In the bottom of the second, Tyler Catlett singled and scored on Sean Murphy's RBI double for the only run Maryville would need. In the fourth inning, the Saints tacked on another run. Zack Ruckman doubled, and Tyler Omlid put down a sac bunt. Mitch Carriger had an RBI grounder to double the Maryville lead.
In the top of the seventh, Omlid snared a liner for the first out, and Carriger caught a pop fly for the second out. To close out the perfect game, Gordon induced a grounder to third and Louis Niemerg calmly scooped the ball and fired over to first for the final out as the Saints sprinted out of the dugout to celebrate. Gordon notched nine strikeouts, seven ground outs and five fly outs in his perfect outing.
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