DUBUQUE, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - The Loras baseball team dropped the first two games of its Iowa Conference doubleheader to Coe on Friday by scores of 10-5 and 8-3. Junior Nolan Ritter led the way offensively in game one, finishing 3-for-4 with two runs, two stolen bases and an RBI. Game two was led by Thomas Johnson who went 2-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base.

 

• Senior Patrick Walsh was tagged with his third loss of the season, allowing 10 hits and eight earned runs over the course of five innings on the mound.
• Walsh was relieved by sophomore Patrick Moriarty who pitched two innings of relief. Moriarty allowed four hits and two earned runs.
• Craig Konrardy got things started for Coe with a bang, leading off the game with a home run to left center.
• It didn't take long for Loras to respond with senior Lucas Jacque singling home junior Tony Heiser in the home half of the first.
• Loras took a 3–1 lead in the bottom of the second, courtesy of a sacrifice fly from Heise, scoring junior Luke Leibforth. Freshman Austin Konagel added a single to score Ritter from third.
• Konagel wasn't done there however, driving in his second run of the game in the fourth inning to give Loras a 4–2 advantage, once again scoring Ritter from second.
• Coe crafted a six-hit, six-run in the sixth inning, taking an 8–4 lead.
• Ritter singled home Johnson in the bottom of the fifth in an attempt to kickstart a rally, cutting the deficit to 8–5 in the process.
• Sophomore Brad Schwind was tagged with his fifth loss of the season, allowing five runs to cross in his 1 1/3 innings of work.
• Loras did their best to negate the deficit throughout the next two innings, scoring three runs.
• The Duhawks took advantage of a Kohawk mistake to score their first run of the game, with Konagel scoring on a throwing error.
• Senior Adrian Nunez tallied his 11th RBI of the season in the fourth inning, singling home Jacque on the first pitch he saw.
• Coe added three more runs to finish the game, led by Konrardy's second home run of the series.

• Heiser went 3-for-7 on the day raising his season batting average to .333.
• Ritter broke out of an 0-for-13 slump to hit 3-for-4 in game one, raising his batting average back up to .307. It was his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
• Johnson continued his strong hitting effort during conference play, now standing at 12-for-23 (.521) since April 9.
• Konagel has shown why he's been a consistent starter since the Buena Vista series, hitting a scalding 10-for-24 with three RBIs and four two-hit games.
• Moriarty has shown promise as a long-reliever in previous weeks, throwinga season-high six innings across two games on Friday showcasing his potential to start in the future.
• Since being converted from catcher, freshman Tyler Tomaka turned in his best outing from the mound yet, striking out two in his lone inning of work.