May 20, 2000

Box Score

Dayton, Ohio - Eric Goerdt pitched two innings of shutout relief and Mike Oiler had the game-winning hit as the UWM baseball team posted a 6-5 win over Cleveland State in an elimination game at the MCC Baseball Tournament on Saturday.

The Panthers (30-23) advance to play Butler on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Bulldogs defeated UWM, 12-6, on Friday.

UWM took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on RBIs from J.J. Kotarak and Darin Haugom, but Cleveland State scored one run in the fifth inning and four more in the seventh off of Panther starter Quintin Oldenburg for a 5-2 lead.

The Panthers rallied, though, scoring three in the seventh to tie the game. Kotarak led off the inning with a walk, and then Haugom, Matt Houk and Scott Gillitzer hit back-to-back-to-back doubles to tie the game, 5-5.

Goerdt came in relief in the ninth inning with two on and no out, and pitched the Panther out of the jam. He earned the win - his first as a Panther - by pitching two innings with no hits or runs. Oldenburg's pitched the first six and two-thirds innings, allowing five runs, one earned run.

In the 10th inning, Chad Sadowski drew a one-out walk, moved to second on Steve Tylke's single and scored when pinch-hitter Oiler hit a chopper past shortstop into left field.