WAVERLY, Iowa - The Wartburg College baseball team hosted Central College on Sunday, March 28 at Harms Stadium at Hertel Field, splitting the doubleheader with a 5-0 win and 7-5 loss.

The Knights move their overall record to 4-8 and 2-4 within the American Rivers Conference. 

Wartburg 5, Central 0
Senior left-handed pitcher Dylan Gotto tossed a complete game shutout, the third of his career. He surrendered just a pair of Central base hits in seven innings with 10 strikeouts.

Wartburg scored the eventual game-winning run in the second inning, an RBI single from Keaton Gray that scored Ethan Hayes.

The Knights padded their lead with a four-run sixth inning, with RBI singles from Brett Kelting and William Armstrong. With the bases loaded, Hayes was hit by a pitch for an RBI along with an RBI base on balls from JoJo McNair.

Central 7, Wartburg 5
In game two, the visitors scored seven off 12 hits while forcing three Wartburg errors.

The Dutch scored three in the top half of the second, which was answered by the Knights in the bottom half to trim the Central lead to 3-2.

Central gained a 7-2 lead after the fifth inning, including another unearned run in the fourth. Darren Kilpatrick started on the mound and took the loss, allowing six runs (three earned) in four innings pitched.

Wartburg pushed back in the fifth inning with a sacrifice fly from Parker Ridge and scoring another on a passed back to come within three of Central. Max Goodhue scored Gray in the seventh inning off his team-best fourth hit of the day to cut the margin to 7-5, Central's Landon Thiele shut the door and earned the save.

Up Next
Wartburg and Central conclude the series tomorrow afternoon from Harms Stadium at Hertel Field with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.