The UW-Eau Claire baseball team had a long day of baseball in the summer heat in Davenport, Florida on Tuesday.
After a 12-inning loss in their first game of the day against Hope College, Blugold junior pitcher Matt Moore turned his team’s day around with some heroics in their second game against Bard College.
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