DUBUQUE, Iowa - The Wartburg College baseball team split its Sunday American Rivers Conference doubleheader at the University of Dubuque, falling 10-2 in game one and winning 7-2 in the second contest.

After winning both on Saturday, Dubuque takes the 3-1 series victory. Wartburg's overall record drops to 3-7 overall and 1-3 during conference competition.

Dubuque 10, Wartburg 2
A four-run fourth inning along with a three-run sixth for the home team made the difference after the Knights got off to a good start offensively. 

Wartburg grabbed a 2-0 lead with runs in each the first and second innings off of RBI singles from Brett Kelting and Max Goodhue, but it was all the Knights' offense muster.

Kelting, Goodhue, and JoJo McNair led the offense with two hits each.

Dubuque tallied 10 runs off of 11 hits and a pair of Wartburg errors.

Cael Boehmer started on the mound for the Knights and took the loss in his first collegiate start, allowing three earned runs in 3.1 innings pitched.

Wartburg 7, Dubuque 2
The Orange & Black bounced back for a win during game four of the series, plating seven off eight hits and guided by four Dubuque errors.

Pitcher Jacob Murray made her first collegiate start and earned the win, tossing four innings and allowing just a run off three hits. William Armstrong added four innings in relief along with a scoreless seventh from Aaron Eybers.

Kelting and Parker Ridge paced the offense. Kelting notched three RBI while Ridge tallied a pair of hits and two runs scored. Keaton Gray added a pair of hits as well.

The Knights jumped out to a 5-0 lead through three innings, scoring a pair of unearned runs along with an RBI groundout from Ethan Hayes and a sacrifice fly from Zachary Walton.

Kelting's third RBI of the game, a groundout, along with another wild pitch unearned run gave the Knights a six-run lead in the fourth inning.

Up Next
Wartburg returns to action next weekend for another A-R-C series, hosting Central College March 27-28 for the 2021 home opener.