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Grand Valley State University Athletics

BradleyGLIAC
0
Wayne St. (Mich.) WSU 25-27
6
Winner Grand Valley St. GVSU 41-10
Wayne St. (Mich.) WSU
25-27
0
Final
6
Grand Valley St. GVSU
41-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wayne St. (Mich.) WSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Grand Valley St. GVSU 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 X 6 13 2

W: Bradley, Collin (7-2) L: Nazelli (5-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

#8 GVSU Claims 6-0 Shutout Win Over Wayne State In GLIAC Tournament Action

#8 Grand Valley State claimed a 6-0 shutout victory over Wayne State Friday night in GLIAC Tournament second-round action. The Lakers, now 41-10, will face Davenport on Saturday at 11 am at Jackson Field in Lansing, Michigan. GVSU is 20-1 in its last 21 games and improved to 58-19 all-time in GLIAC Tournament action, including a 13-4 mark at Jackson Field. The Lakers have a GLIAC-best 12 tournament titles.

Senior RHP Collin Bradley (7-2) was sensational, throwing eight shutout innings, yielding just three hits with 7 strikeouts. He retired the first batter in each of his eight innings pitched and allowed just one runner past second. Senior Colby Phipps finished off the game with a clean ninth inning. 

GVSU opened the scoring in the second inning, when C Brendan Guciardo and 2B Ayden VanEnkevort produced one-out singles. Guciardo advanced to third on a failed pickoff attempt by the catcher and RF Ryan Stimac singled to right to with two outs to score Guciardo and 3B Caleb Estrada then came through with a single to right to plate VanEnkevort and give the Lakers all the runs they needed.  

LF Ryan Dykstra singled to open the third inning and DH Jonas Gulbrandsen followed with a single to left. A wild pitch advanced the runners and Guciardo singled to center on a 1-2 pitch to plate Dykstra. VanEnkevort plated Gulbrandsen with a sac fly to center to give the Lakers a 4-0 lead. 

SS Evan Morrison and Dykstra walked with two outs in the fourth and 1B Jovan Gill singled to right to score Morrison and up the lead to 5-0. 

Gulbrandsen greeted a new Wayne State pitcher with a single to left to open the bottom of the fifth and advanced to second on an error by the left fielder. A wild pitch moved Gulbrandsen to third and VanEnkevort plated Gulbrandsen with a groundout.

VanEnkevort was 1-3 with two RBIs and a run scored, while Dykstra, Gulbrandsen, Guciardo and Stimac each collected two hits in the 13-hit attack. Gill, Guciardo, Stimac and Estrada each drove in a run. Stimac provided the only extra-base hit for the Lakers with a double in seventh. 
 
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