ADRIAN, Mich. – After dropping game one by a narrow 3-2 margin, Macomb Baseball never gave up and battled back to earn a 7-5 victory in game two to split Thursday's (April 28) non-conference doubleheader at Siena Heights JV. With the split, the Monarchs saw their record shift to 12-26 overall one day before the Blue & White return to Adrian for the start of their four-game conference series with Jackson College.
GAME ONE: Siena Heights JV 3, Macomb 2
The Monarchs got on the board first in the opener, but the host Saints would have an answer a half-inning later and would go on to record a two-run fifth inning to earn the 3-2 game one victory.
Six Monarchs recorded a hit as Rocco Comito (Macomb, Mich./Marine City Cardinal Mooney) led the way with a hit and the team's lone RBI.
Ty Mychek (Ray Twp., Mich./Romeo) connected on the third triple of his freshman campaign as part of a 1-for-2 effort with a run scored, while Jeremy Pudlik (Waterford, Mich./Waterford Mott), Josh Medrano (Surprise, Az./Shadow Ridge), Terry Dean (Davison, Mich./Davison) and Benjamin Dillabough (Warren, Mich./Warren Mott) all had a hit in the opener.
Jack Gohlke (Macomb, Mich./Warren De La Salle) was impressive as the freshman right-hander tossed all six innings on his way to scattering seven hits while striking out five Saints in the narrow setback.
GAME TWO: Macomb 7, Siena Heights JV 5
Trailing 5-2 entering the seventh and final inning, the Monarchs refused to back down and went on to bring five runs across to earn a 7-5 comeback victory in the nightcap. A host of walks drawn by patient at-bats and singles by Logan Rybarczyk (Chesterfield, Mich./Anchor Bay) and Harrison Ryan (Macomb, Mich./L'Anse Creuse North) helped the Monarchs earn the win in the seventh. Ryan's single drove in Connor Armstrong (St. Clair Shores, Mich./Chippewa Valley) to bring the Monarchs to within one, 5-4, while Josh Medrano and Rocco Comito drew back-to-back bases-loaded walks to put the Blue & White in front at 6-5.
Tom Burt (Clinton, Mich./Clinton) put the ball in play one batter later and brought home Ty Mychek on a fielder's choice to give the Monarchs a two-run lead, 7-5, entering the bottom of the seventh.
After coming on to record the final out in the sixth, freshman right-hander Ryan Polega (Macomb, Mich./Henry Ford II) worked an impressive seventh inning, shutting down the Saints with two strikeouts to earn his first collegiate victory. While Polega slammed the door shut behind one and a third innings of perfect ball, the pitching combination of Bryan Masterson (Roseville, Mich./Roseville), Jadon Hill (Macomb, Mich./Armada) and Brendan Bos (Howell, Mich./Howell) held the Saints to three earned runs on eight hits to help the Monarchs earn the hard-fought win.
Comito paced the Monarchs with two RBIs, while Mychek hit his fourth triple of the season in the comeback victory.
UP NEXT: vs. Jackson College (at Siena Heights)
https://www.youtube.com/user/JccJetsThe Monarchs will return to Siena Heights for Friday's (April 29) conference doubleheader against Jackson College. Due to current field renovations, Jackson will host the Monarchs on Siena Heights' baseball diamond. Jackson will live stream the doubleheader here:
