WAVERLY, Iowa – The Wartburg College baseball team earned an American Rivers Conference series victory over Buena Vista after defeating the Beavers twice on Sunday with duplicate scores of 2-0.
Joey Ciero,
William Armstrong, and
Aaron Eybers guided the Knights to a pair of shutouts as Wartburg took the series 3-1 after a split on Saturday. The Knights' overall record moves to 12-14 and 10-10 within the conference.
Wartburg 2, Buena Vista 0
During his first collegiate start, Wartburg sophomore pitcher
Joey Ciero threw a gem, allowing just one Beaver base hit. He went seven innings for a complete game shutout, earning his first career win.
The Knights scored the game-winning run in the second and added an insurance run in the sixth to allow Ciero breathing room.
A trio of Wartburg singles in the second led the game's first run scored.
Ben DeKruyf singled and advanced into scoring position off another single from
Keaton Gray.
JoJo McNair then singled through the left side to score DeKruyf for the game-winning RBI.
Cael Boehmer led off the sixth inning with a triple and scored during the next at bat as DeKruyf doubled.
The Knights tallied 10 hits, with all but one Wartburg batter recording at least one base hit. DeKruyf led the team with three hits.
Wartburg 2, Buena Vista 0
Armstrong and Eybers combined for the shutout pitching performance in the series finale, allowing a total of nine BVU hits as the visitors left eight runners on base.
Wartburg scored twice in the second inning, which was all the offense necessary as the defense held strong.
After a DeKruyf single and
Carter Stubitz double, McNair batted in both with a two-run single.
Armstrong went seven innings, allowing eight hits with en route to his third win on the season. Eybers pitched the final two innings and picked up his third save on the year.
Up Next
Wartburg continues its homestand next weekend, hosting Luther College April 24-25 from Harms Stadium at Hertel Field. Both doubleheaders are scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
