Warhawk Baseball Splits with UW-La Crosse, Warhawks with 23 runs in Second Game

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team split games against UW-La Crosse in a battle between two top-10 teams. The Warhawks fell in game 1, 6-1, but a huge eighth inning on offense closed the game out in 8 innings, with the Warhawks winning 23-1. In the first game, UW-La Crosse went up 2-0 after the third inning, but a Andy Thies (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles) solo home run closed the deficit to just one run. The Eagles picked the run back up with their own solo home run. After a few scoreless innings, the Eagles added a 3-run home run in…