LA CROSSE, Wis. – Bay College baseball (12-12, 3-5 MCCAA) participated in a three-team round robin set of games on the campus of Viterbo University on Friday.

The Norse started the action with an 8-4 win over the Viterbo Developmental Team.

Bay took the lead in the first against the V-Hawks when Zach Gibson (FR, Nassau, Bahamas) blasted a long home run to left field.

It didn’t take long for Viterbo to respond. It drew a bases loaded walk and followed that with a sacrifice fly to take the lead. The Norse avoided further damage, and stranded the bases loaded in the bottom of the first. Viterbo added a pair in the second when Roberto Echevarria (FR, Camuy, PR) drove in two on a single to center.

The score would stay at 4-1 until the fourth inning. The Norse finally got back on the scoreboard via a With the bases loaded and facing a 3-1 count, Alworden refused to be aggressive, opting instead to draw ball four and score Frossard for an 8-1 lead.

Thorbahn finished 1-for-3 with three RBI and tossed a scoreless seventh inning, allowing two walks and struckout one. Pepin claimed the win, allowing two earned runs off six hits with two walks and three punchouts across six innings.

Fond du Lac 18, Gladstone 2

Fod du lac opened an 8-0 lead after four innings.

Owen Mattonen led off the Gladstone half of the fifth with a six-pitch walk. Then Alworden blasted a 1-2 pitch to third base, which resulted in an error that scored Mattonen and Alworden to pull within six runs.

Fond du Lac scored 10 runs in the sixth to seal the win.

Sanville finished 2-for-2. Kelly, Frossard and Nate Young also registered base hits. Young also took the loss, allowing five earned runs off two hits, issuing six walks in one inning on the mound. Thorbahn allowed three earned runs off six hits while allowing four walks and fanning three in four innings of relief.

The Braves host Negaunee for a doubleheader starting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.