LINCOLN, Neb. - The Wartburg College baseball team split its Saturday doubleheader at Nebraska Wesleyan University April 3, winning game one 17-3 and falling 14-3 during game two.

The Knights drop to 7-11 overall and 5-7 during American Rivers Conference action, while the Prairie Wolves took three of four games during the series.

Wartburg 17, Nebraska Wesleyan 3
The Knights registered season-highs 17 runs off 18 hits during game three of the series. 

Seven Knights notched multi-hit performances, led by three-hit games from Keaton Gray and Cael Boehmer. Parker Ridge, Steven Lawrence, and Gray also had three-RBI games.

Wartburg scored five runs in the first, seven in the sixth, and added five more in the seventh.

Jacob Murray improved to 3-0 on the mound, pitching 6.1 innings with seven strikeouts.

Nebraska Wesleyan 14, Wartburg 3
The home team prevailed in the series finale, tallying 14 runs off 14 hits. 

NWU got on the board in the first, and scored four each in the third and fourth innings for the eventual game-winner.

Wartburg produced its offense during the fifth and seventh innings, scoring two in the fifth off RBI's from Gray and Max Goodhue. Gray added another RBI for the Knights' third run with a sacrifice fly.

William Armstrong suffered the loss for the Knights, allowing five earned runs in 2.1 innings pitched.

Up Next
Wartburg returns to action April 10-11 at Simpson College for a four-game series versus the Storm.