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Baseball: Mount Union Swept in Final Day in Florida

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Mount Union's baseball team took a pair of losses 3-0 and 9-8 to No. 22 ranked Wartburg (Iowa) Sunday at Chain O'Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida.

The Purple Raiders end the Florida swing at 5-7 overall.

In game one, Mount Union was shut out for the first time this season as the Raiders were held to just five hits in a 3-0 loss.

Wartburg plated two runs in the third and one in the fifth.

Phil Mary (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) took his first loss of the season (2-1) as he scattered seven hits over seven innings and struck out five.

Wartburg took advantage of a pair of Mount Union errors and got six runs in the second inning of game two.

The Raiders rallied with five unanswered runs -- one in the fourth on a James Weber (Auburn, Ind./Garrett) single and a four-run sixth with Weber again providing the big hit with a two-run double -- to make it 6-5.

Wartburg got it to 7-5 with a run in the bottom of the sixth.

In the seventh, Weber drove had his fourth hit of the game and drove in his fourth run while Jimmy Scott (Holland/Toledo St. John's) drove in two runs as a pinch hitter to give Mount Union a 8-7 lead. 

In the bottom of the seventh, Wartburg scored a run on a wild pitch then a walk off single from Tyler Willis ended the game with a final score of 9-8.

Mount Union is back in action Wed., Mar. 16 at 3 p.m. at Hiram.

Wartburg (Iowa) 3, Mount Union 0 (Mar 06, 2016 at Winter Haven, Fla.) (Game 1)
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Wartburg (Iowa)..... 002 010 0 -  3  7  0      (4-2)
Mount Union......... 000 000 0 -  0  5  3      (5-6)
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Pitchers: Wartburg (Iowa) - Max Langheinrich and Mike Brown. Mount Union - Phil Mary and
Win-Max Langheinrich  Loss-Phil Mary(2-1)  T-1:30  A-50
Weather: 75 F, Sunny



Wartburg (Iowa) 9, Mount Union 8 (Mar 06, 2016 at Winter Haven, Fla.) (Game 2)
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Mount Union......... 000 104 3 -  8 12  3      (5-2)
Wartburg (Iowa)..... 060 001 2 -  9 12  2      (5-7)
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Pitchers: Mount Union - Mike Martin; Darren Krolikowski(2); Mike Wood(6); Mitch McCristall(6);
Scott Chase(7) and James Weber; Derek Sullivan. Wartburg (Iowa) - Parker Bolt; Michael Knouse(7)
and Mike Brown.
Win-Michael Knouse  Loss-Scott Chase(0-1)  T-2:00  A-50
Weather: 75 F Sunny
Chase faced 3 batters in the 7th.



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Players Mentioned

Scott Chase

#15 Scott Chase

P
6' 1"
Senior
Darren Krolikowski

#34 Darren Krolikowski

P
5' 10"
Sophomore
Mike Martin

#24 Mike Martin

RHP
6' 1"
Sophomore
Phil Mary

#41 Phil Mary

P
5' 7"
Freshman
Mitch McCristall

#12 Mitch McCristall

P
6' 3"
Junior
Jimmy Scott

#27 Jimmy Scott

SS
5' 8"
Junior
Derek Sullivan

#19 Derek Sullivan

C
6' 0"
Senior
James Weber

#25 James Weber

C
5' 11"
Senior
Mike Wood

#38 Mike Wood

P
5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Scott Chase

#15 Scott Chase

6' 1"
Senior
P
Darren Krolikowski

#34 Darren Krolikowski

5' 10"
Sophomore
P
Mike Martin

#24 Mike Martin

6' 1"
Sophomore
RHP
Phil Mary

#41 Phil Mary

5' 7"
Freshman
P
Mitch McCristall

#12 Mitch McCristall

6' 3"
Junior
P
Jimmy Scott

#27 Jimmy Scott

5' 8"
Junior
SS
Derek Sullivan

#19 Derek Sullivan

6' 0"
Senior
C
James Weber

#25 James Weber

5' 11"
Senior
C
Mike Wood

#38 Mike Wood

5' 10"
Senior
P