BASEBALL FALLS JUST SHORT AT ST. FRANCIS    (4/7/04)

The baseball team came up just short in a conference game with the University of St. Francis. The Trolls pushed to the final innings before losing 4-5 in the end. With the loss the team is now 4-11 for the season and 0-5 in their conference race.

The Trolls struck first in the game as a hit by Joel DeRuiter followed by a triple by Aaron Werkman scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning. St. Francis tied the game up as they scored one run in the 4th and one in the 5th inning. The 6th inning produced 4 hits for St. Francis and 2 more runs.  The Troll started out inning 7 with hits by DeRuiter, Werkman, and Mike Mercier.  With bases loaded Luke Post took a walk to bring in DeRuiter. They were able to tie the score 4-4 in the 8th inning as Werkman connected on his 3rd hit of the game to drive in a run. A fielding error in the bottom of that inning allowed St. Francis to grab the lead back, 5-4. The Trolls got one runner on base in the 9th, but could not produce a run from it. 

In all the Trolls had 9 hits for the game. Werkman led that group with his 3, followed by DeRuiter and Mercier with 2 each. Luke Post was on the mound for the duration and recorded 5 strike outs.

The Trolls will play on April 8 at Judson College in a double header starting at 4:00 pm. 
 

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