WAVERLY, Iowa - The Wartburg College baseball team closed out its 2021 regular season dropping a non-conference doubleheader versus No. 1-ranked Washington University in St. Louis.
The 2021 senior class was recognized in between games;Â
Dylan Gotto,
Ethan Hayes,
Chase Jamison,
Brett Kelting,
Darren Kilpatrick,
Steven Lawrence,
Ben Midtgaard, and
Parker Ridge.
Wartburg, now 14-26 overall, will await Sunday results to find out final seedings for the American Rivers Conference Tournament. The Knights will host one of two pods for the conference playoffs May 20-21 at Harms Stadium at Hertel Field.
Max Goodhue led the Knights on the day with three hits through two games while
Aaron Eybers made two pitching appearances to break a Wartburg single-season record. His 24 pitching appearances this season breaks a record of 23 held by Ash Larsen (2004) and Robert Mudd (1998).
WashU 7, Wartburg 1
The first contest of the day featured a pair of delays, first a short lightning delay followed by a 2.5 hour rain delay in which the game was halted in the ninth inning.
A six-run fourth inning made the difference for the Bears' game one victory, scoring six off six hits and one Wartburg error.
The Knights' sole run of the game came during the seventh, a
Bryce Butler RBI single.
Joey Ciero took the loss, pitching 3.2 innings with five earned runs.
Will Armstrong pitched four solid innings in relief, allowing one earned run.
WashU 9, Wartburg 3
In game two the Knights got off to a good start, answering a one-run first for WashU with two runs in the bottom half.
Wartburg took an early 2-1 lead as
Keaton Gray scored on a wild pitch along with a
Ben DeKruyf RBI single that scored Goodhue.
The visitors responded with runs in the second through fourth innings to claim a 5-2 lead.
Wartburg trimmed the Bears' lead to 5-3 in the fifth inning. With the bases loaded,
Parker Ridge reached on a fielder's choice to score Cole Wessing. However, it was the closest the Knights would cut into the WashU advantage as a trio of Bears' relievers held the Knights scoreless through the final four innings while the offense plated four more runs.
Darren Kilpatrick started on the mound and went four innings, allowing five earned runs to concede the loss.
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