The Tigers split four games this past weekend against conference rival Wabash College.
On Saturday, the Tigers dropped the first game, 3-2 and won the nightcap, 8-6. On Sunday, DePauw lost the first game, 5-4, but were able to recover and blow out the Little Giants 19-3 in the nightcap.
DePauw (14-13, 7-5) sent junior pitcher Alex Sroka to the mound in the first game. Sroka struggled throughout the day but was able to keep the Tigers in it.
"I threw strikes, but wasn't always hitting my spots," Sroka said. "I thought I got ahead in counts, but wasn't able to get hitters to bite on my off-speed as much."
Wabash's leadoff man, Trey Fankhauser, paced the Little Giants with three hits including a triple, which he would later score on off a wild pitch. Chris Widup was effective on the mound as he went six innings allowing only four runs.
However, in the second game of the double-header, the Tigers offense exploded. DePauw recorded season highs of 19 runs and 21 hits as they routed the Little Giants 19-3.
"One of our captains Zach Galyean said before game, too, that we needed to leave no doubt in game two that we deserved to win, and not let the umpires have any effect on the game. I think we did just that, putting up a ton of runs, pitching well, and getting a split," Sroka said.
In the fourth inning, the Tigers sent 15 batters to the plate where they scored 10 runs on 11 hits. This was the second straight Sunday where DePauw has sent 15 batters to the plate and had a big inning as the Tigers scored 9 runs in one inning against Ohio-Wesleyan last weekend.
"Everyone was just having quality at-bats and putting hits together," junior Brendon Pashia said. "We were a little mad about some calls made by the umpires in the first game so we we just took it out of their hands by getting lots of hits."
Nearly everyone got in on the action with Galyean going 5-5 with three RBI's. Pashia and freshman Connor Einertson each had three hits while senior Jason Cohen led the team with a team high seven RBI's.
"The biggest positive from the weekend was our ability to bounce back from the Sunday morning loss," Sroka said.
The Tigers will travel to Cleveland this weekend for a four game series with Case Western Reserve University.