WIXOM, Mich. — In game one of the double header against University of Michigan–Dearborn, Lawrence Tech broke open a tight game with an eight-run fourth inning bringing the game to 13-3, run-ruling Michigan-Dearborn for the win.
The Blue Devils scored in six of seven innings and turned a 5-2 lead into a commanding 13-2 advantage. Lawrence Tech finished with 13 runs on nine hits, capitalizing on six walks, three errors and an aggressive approach on the bases that produced nine stolen bases.
Kyle Moore led the offensive surge, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored, while
Justin Baird drove in three and scoring twice.
Evan McIntyre added a 2-for-3 day with an RBI and a walk, and
Luke Weinberger chipped in a run-scoring double as Lawrence Tech steadily built pressure from the first inning on. Baird opened the scoring with an RBI with McIntyre's following with a RBI single through the left side in the second pushed the Blue Devils back in front, 3-1.
Lawrence Tech manufactured two more runs in the third without a hit, as Baird reached on an error that allowed a run to score Parnell lifted a sacrifice fly to make it 5-2. The Blue Devils then broke the game open in the fourth, sending a barrage of hitters to the plate. Weinberger followed with an RBI double and Baird delivered a two-RBI single as Lawrence Tech piled up eight runs to seize full control at 13-2.
On the mound, right-handed
Dominic Miller provided a steady start for the Blue Devils. Miller worked 5 innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs while striking out four and walking three to earn the win. The Lawrence Tech bullpen, including reliever
Isaiah Logan, closed out the final two innings, holding Michigan-Dearborn to one additional run and a total of six hits on the day.
Michigan-Dearborn's offense was limited to a few key swings. With a solo home run to center and runs in the second and fifth that were cashed in on sacrifice flies. Still, the Wolverines stranded eight runners with runners in scoring position, had three defensive miscues and two wild pitches. Lawrence Tech continued to showcase a balanced attack, combining timely hitting, pressure on the bases and solid starting pitching.
In game two of the double header, Lawrence Tech exploded for seven runs in the first inning and never looked back, rolling to an 18-1 win over Michigan-Dearborn in seven innings on Sunday afternoon.
Luke Weinberger drew a walk and came around to score on a wild pitch to open the scoring. The inning snowballed from there with a string of hits and productive at-bats, including RBI from
Justin Baird and
Brady Lee and a two-run single by
Brady Rogers.
Brady Doelle capped the first-inning damage with a homer to right-center, staking Lawrence Tech to a commanding 7-0 lead before Michigan-Dearborn came to bat a second time.
Lawrence Tech's offense kept pressure on in nearly every inning, finishing with 18 runs on 16 hits. Lee added an RBI single to right in the second to score
Rex Dingman and push the margin to 8-0. In the fourth, Dingman and Baird started another rally with back-to-back singles; pinch-runner
Evan McIntyre later swiped second and came home on the throw, extending the advantage to double digits. The Blue Devils also capitalized on Michigan-Dearborn's defensive miscues, turning four Wolverines errors and seven walks into extended innings and crooked numbers on the scoreboard.
The biggest blow came in the fifth inning, when Lawrence Tech erupted for six more runs.
Baird led the offensive onslaught, finishing 4-for-4 with two runs scored and five RBI, including the three-run shot in the fifth. Dingman ignited the top of the order, reaching base in four of his five plate appearances and scoring four runs on two hits and two walks. Weinberger added two runs scored with a hit and three walks, while Doelle chipped in two RBI along with his first-inning homer. Lawrence Tech also showed balance and aggressiveness, swiping two bases and stranding only five runners despite all the traffic on the base paths.
On the mound, starter
Max Coughlin turned in a dominant complete-game performance. The right-handed went the full 7.0 innings, allowing just five hits and one earned run while striking out 10 on 99 pitches.
Michigan-Dearborn finished with one run on five hits and left five runners on base, but the combination of four errors, two walks issued early, and a high pitch count — 181 team pitches over seven innings — made it difficult to contain the Blue Devils' lineup. Lawrence Tech capped a productive day in Dearborn with two wins and will look to carry the offensive momentum and strong outing into the next stretch of its schedule at home in Utica, Mich. March 25.