Schwanke delivers again as Wichita State opens Valley play with a victory
Willie Schwanke pitched another strong seven innings as Wichita State’s Friday starter, then the Shockers held on late in a 6-5 victory at Evansville to open the Missouri Valley Conference schedule.
Tyler Jones pitched the eighth and ninth innings to help WSU (11-19, 1-0 MVC) win its second road game in 12 tries.
John Hayes relieved Schwanke in the eighth inning. He did not get an out after walking one, yielding an infield single and a three-run homer.
Jones allowed a run, but got out of the inning by striking out two. He also struck out two in a 1-2-3 ninth.
WSU took advantage of three walks in the first inning to score twice. Mikel Mucha and Tanner Kirk walked. Mucha came in on Gunnar Troutwine’s infield single, and Kirk scored on Chase Rader’s sacrifice fly.
The Shockers added a run in the second inning when Trey Vickers led of with a single and scored on Mucha’s sacrifice fly. In the fourth inning, Dayton Dugas was hit by a pitch and came in on Mucha’s groundout. Dugas led off the sixth inning with a triple and scored on Vickers’ single.
Vickers scored on Evansville second baseman Trey Hair’s error.
Notes — Mucha’s eight-game hitting steak ended.… WSU is now 2-10 on the road.… Cody Tyler (0-1, 4.78) will pitch Saturday for WSU.… It is the fifth time the Shockers have committed three errors in a game. They had four against Nebraska-Omaha.… In Schwanke’s last four starts, he has allowed four earned runs in 30 innings (1.20 ERA).… In WSU’s last 10 games, it is hitting .292. In the same span, the pitchers have a 5.90 ERA.… Of WSU’s six runs, half were scored after free passes — two walks and a hit-by-pitch.… WSU turned two double plays, giving it 10 in its last seven games.…It was the second home loss for Evansville (15-13, 0-1) in 10 games.
WSU | ab | r | h | bi | bb | so | avg |
Mucha cf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .340 |
Kirk 2b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .287 |
Jenista dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .288 |
Tinkham 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .257 |
Troutwine c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
Rader 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
Dugas rf | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .277 |
Vickers ss | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
Young lf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
Totals | 28 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
Evansville | |||||||
Nelson ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
McKibban 1b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
Hair 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .406 |
Synek c | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .325 |
Ramon 3b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .323 |
Jyawook dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .284 |
Williams rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .337 |
Christen cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .316 |
Showers lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .184 |
Totals | 36 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |
WSU | 210 | 102 | 000 | — | 6 6 3 |
Evansville | 010 | 000 | 040 | — | 5 10 2 |
E — Dugas (3), Vickers (6), Kirk (7), Ramon (11). DP — WSU 2, Evansville. LOB — WSU 7, Evansville 8. 2B — Hair (14), Ramon (5), Syhnek (7). 3B — Dugas (1), Jenista (1). HR — Ramon (8). S — Vickers (3), Young (3). SF — Rader (1), Mucha (2). SB — Mucha (8), Kirk (6).
WSU | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | era |
Schwanke W,5-3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.94 |
Hayes | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8.40 |
Jones S,1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5.87 |
Evansville | |||||||
Schnieders L,3-2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.82 |
Jestice | 3 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.21 |
Brady | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
WP — Jones (6). PB — Troutwine (10). HBP — Dugas (by Schnieders). Umpires — home, Grady Smith; first, Don Umland; third, Jason Stidham. T — 3:07. A — 284.
This story was originally published April 8, 2016 at 10:01 PM with the headline "Schwanke delivers again as Wichita State opens Valley play with a victory."