Game 11 - June 2, 1985
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Marietta, OH -- Power and persistence paid off for Wisconsin-Oshkosh as the Titans won the 1985 NCAA Division III World Series with an 11-6 triumph over the Mareitta College Pioneers.
Earlier, Wisconsin-Oshkosh eliminated the Ithaca College Bombers with an 11-4 win. That victory was the 400th in head coach Russ Tiedemann's 16-year career with the Titans. "I told the kids that I'd much rather get that 400th win in the national tournament than down south on the spring trip next year. Without the 400th win there would not be the 401st, " said Tiedemann.
Marietta wasted no time with Titan starter, Fred Kirchenwitz, touching the senior righthander for three runs in the top of the first. Monte Duncan drew a lead-off walk before Roger Thompson singled to right. A grounder by Jeff Wiktorski up the first base line advanced both runners, opening up a base for hot-hitting John Hefner, who was intentionally walked. Designated hitter Jon Finke then chopped a single over third plating both Duncan and Thompson. Kirchenwitz was pulled in favor of Brian Wessley after walking Drew Witouski. Bill Varley connected for a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Hefner for the third run.
Wisconsin-Oshkosh countered with two runs in the first of Marietta starter Mike Kramer. Kevin Reichardt walked and Dan Miller and Terry Jorgensen clubbed back-to-back singles with Reichardt scoring. Brian Cashore follwed with a scarifice fly to center to score Miller.
The Titans took a 4-3 lead in the second inning as Dave Nelson singled and Tom Barnetke hit his second homer of the series on a 0-1 offering by Kramer. Oshkosh added an unearned run in the third on a single by Miller, an error by the pitcher Kramer and a single to right by Russ Tiedemann.
Marietta never caught the Titans as they added runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings. For every run added by the Pioneers, the Titans would come back with a run of their own.
Wessley got the win in relief and Bob Stocker come into the game in the seventh and got the last nine outs for the save. Kramer took the loss for the Pioneers.
Against Wessley and Bob Stocker, the Pioneers uncharactersitically had 16 fly outs. "Thats not our game," said head coach Don Schaly. "I was convinced that we could score off Stocker but he did a nice job and I give him credit. The big thing he did was he threw strikes. He had the lead and he threw strikes."
Tiedemann credited his middle man, saying, " Brian gave us an outstanding performance. We needed to have it. I thought if we could get into the seventh inning without Wes getting into trouble, then we could bring on Stocker. That was our game plan and it worked beautifully."
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Marietta 6 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Monte Duncan ss........... 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 Roger Thompson cf......... 5 1 1 0 0 1 6 0 Jeff Wiktorski lf......... 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 John Hefner 1b............ 4 1 1 1 1 0 9 0 Jon Finke dh/p............ 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 Drew Witouski c........... 4 0 1 1 1 0 7 1 Bill Varley rf............ 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Mike Brandts 3b........... 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Frank Schossler 2b........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Larry DeSalvo ph.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott McVicar 2b.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Kramer p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 John Hamborsky p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Gerkin p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Katschke p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals.................... 35 6 8 5 7 2 24 8 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 11 Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Mike Messenger dh......... 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Kevin Reichardt ss........ 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 Dan Miller 2b............. 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 Terry Jorgensen lf........ 5 1 3 2 0 0 6 0 Brian Cashore rf.......... 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 Rusty Tiedemann 1b........ 5 1 2 2 0 0 10 0 Dave Nelson c............. 5 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 Rusty Kryzanowski 3b...... 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 Tom Barnetzke cf.......... 2 3 2 2 2 0 6 0 Fred Kitchenwitz p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Wessley p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Stocker p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals.................... 36 11 13 11 6 7 27 9 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Marietta 300 110 100 - 6 8 2 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 221 130 02 - 11 13 2 ---------------------------------------------- E - Hefner; Kramer; Reichardt; D Miller. DP - UWO 1. LOB - Marietta 10; UWO 9. 2B - Wiktorski 2; Varley. HR - Tiedemann; Kryzanowski; Barnetzke. SB - Hefner. CS - Reichardt. SF - Varley; D Miller; Cashore. Marietta IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Mike Kramer......... 2.0 5 5 4 1 1 11 13 John Hamborsky...... 2.1 4 3 3 2 5 11 13 Steve Gerkin........ 0.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 Jon Finke........... 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Jim Katschke........ 3.0 4 2 0 0 1 14 14 Wisconsin-Oshkosh IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Fred Kitchenwitz.... 0.1 2 3 3 3 0 3 6 Brian Wessley....... 5.2 5 3 2 1 0 23 25 Bob Stocker......... 3.0 1 0 0 3 2 9 12 Win - Wessley 2-0. Loss - Kramer 8-3. Save - Stocker. BK - Wessley. Umpires - Home:Rose 1st:Partington 2nd:Aller 3rd:Tonini Start: Time: 3:05 Attendance: 1500 Kramer faced 2 batters in the 3rd. Gerkin faced 2 batters in the 5th. Wessley faced 2 batters in the 7th.
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Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Marietta 300 110 100 - 6 8 2 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 221 130 02 - 11 13 2 ---------------------------------------------- Marietta inning 1 Duncan walked. R Thompson singled to right field; Duncan advanced to second. Wiktorski grounded out to 1b unassisted; R Thompson advanced to second; Duncan advanced to third. Hefner intentionally walked. Finke singled to left field, 2 RBI; Hefner advanced to second; R Thompson scored; Duncan scored. Witouski walked; Finke advanced to second; Hefner advanced to third. Wessley to p for Kirchenwitz. Varley flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Hefner scored. Brandts popped up to 3b. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Wisconsin-Oshkosh inning 1 Messenger grounded out to ss. Reichardt walked. D Miller singled to left field; Reichardt advanced to second. Te Jorgensen singled to right field, RBI; D Miller advanced to third; Reichardt scored. Cashore flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Te Jorgensen advanced to second; D Miller scored. Tiedemann flied out to cf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Marietta inning 2 Schossler lined out to lf. Duncan flied out to cf. R Thompson flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Wisconsin-Oshkosh inning 2 D Nelson singled to left field. Kryzanowski flied out to cf. Barnetzke homered to left field, 2 RBI; D Nelson scored. Messenger grounded out to p. Reichardt struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Marietta inning 3 Wiktorski flied out to lf. Hefner reached on a dropped fly by 2b. Finke flied out to cf. Hefner stole second. Witouski flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Wisconsin-Oshkosh inning 3 D Miller singled to left field. Te Jorgensen reached on a throwing error by p; D Miller advanced to second. Hamborsky to p for Kramer. Cashore struck out swinging. Tiedemann singled to right field, RBI; Te Jorgensen advanced to third; D Miller scored, unearned. D Nelson struck out swinging. Kryzanowski struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Marietta inning 4 Varley walked. Brandts flied out to rf. Schossler reached on a fielding error by ss; Varley advanced to second. Duncan grounded out to 2b; Schossler advanced to second; Varley advanced to third. Schossler advanced to third; Varley scored on a balk, unearned. R Thompson flied out to cf. 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Wisconsin-Oshkosh inning 4 Barnetzke walked. Messenger struck out swinging. Reichardt walked; Barnetzke advanced to second. D Miller flied out to cf; Barnetzke advanced to third. Te Jorgensen singled to left field, RBI; Reichardt advanced to second; Barnetzke scored. Cashore struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Marietta inning 5 Wiktorski doubled to left field. Hefner flied out to cf. Finke grounded out to 3b. Witouski singled to center field, RBI; Wiktorski scored. Varley grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Wisconsin-Oshkosh inning 5 Tiedemann homered, RBI. D Nelson grounded out to 3b. Kryzanowski homered to left center, RBI. Gerkin to p for Hamborsky. Barnetzke walked. Messenger walked; Barnetzke advanced to second. Finke to p. / for Gerkin. Reichardt walked; Messenger advanced to second; Barnetzke advanced to third. D Miller flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Messenger advanced to third; Barnetzke scored. Reichardt out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Marietta inning 6 Brandts singled to left field. Schossler grounded out to ss; Brandts advanced to second. Duncan flied out to cf; Brandts advanced to third. R Thompson grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Wisconsin-Oshkosh inning 6 Finke to dh. Katschke to p. Te Jorgensen fouled out to 1b. Cashore grounded out to ss. Tiedemann grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Marietta inning 7 Wiktorski doubled to center field. Hefner singled to right field, RBI; Wiktorski scored. Stocker to p for Wessley. Finke grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Hefner out on the play. Witouski out at first p to ss to 1b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Wisconsin-Oshkosh inning 7 D Nelson popped up to rf. Kryzanowski flied out to cf. Barnetzke singled to right field. Messenger grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Marietta inning 8 Varley doubled to right center. Brandts struck out looking. L DeSalvo pinch hit for Schossler. L DeSalvo fouled out to 1b. Duncan walked. R Thompson struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Wisconsin-Oshkosh inning 8 McVicar to 2b for L DeSalvo. Reichardt fouled out to 1b. D Miller struck out looking. Te Jorgensen singled to left field. Cashore singled to third base; Te Jorgensen advanced to second. Tiedemann reached on a fielding error by 1b; Cashore advanced to second; Te Jorgensen advanced to third. D Nelson singled to left field, 2 RBI; Tiedemann advanced to second; Cashore scored, unearned; Te Jorgensen scored, unearned. Kryzanowski grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Marietta inning 9 Wiktorski walked. Hefner popped up to lf. Finke walked; Wiktorski advanced to second. Witouski popped up to 1b. Varley popped up to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
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