DECORAH, Iowa – Wartburg scored five runs in the ninth inning to take game one 14-11 against Luther on Tuesday, Mar. 29 and led 3-1 through six innings in game two before it was called due to darkness. The Orange & Black are now 13-9 overall and 3-2 in American Rivers Conference.
Game Summary
Game 1: Wartburg 14, Luther 11
After the first two Knights batters got on,
Zach Wesolowski singled to left field to bring in the first run of the game.
Max Goodhue scored later in the inning after Wesolowski stole second and an error on the play brought Goodhue home. Luther responded with three runs in the bottom of the first to make the score 3-2 Luther after one inning.
The Orange & Black put two more runs up in the second inning after a wild pitch brought
Carter Stubitz in to score and Goodhue doubled to score
Eliot Jurgensen.
Keaton Gray added a sacrifice fly in the third inning to make the score 5-3 Knights. The Norse got one run back in the bottom of the third after a leadoff double led to a score.
Luther tied the game up in the bottom of the fourth inning after an RBI single and the score was 5-5 heading to the fifth. The Knights had the bases loaded in the top of the fifth but were unable to bring any runs across. In the bottom half, Luther scored six runs after an RBI double and multiple RBI singles that brought the score to 11-5 after five innings.
Jurgensen and Goodhue both singled to start the sixth inning and then
Zach Walton homered to bring them both home.
Ben DeKruyf hit a sacrifice fly to add another run in the eighth inning that made the score 11-9 Luther still in front.
Gray reached by an error to begin the ninth inning and then
Bryce Butler doubled to put runners on second and third. Stubitz and Jurgensen both hit RBI singles to tie the game at 11. With two outs and runners on the corner, Walton went deep to right field for his second homerun of the game and put the Orange & Black up 14-11.
Cael Boehmer closed the bottom of the ninth with two strikeouts and earned the win on the mound in his relief effort. The junior allowed just three hits and recorded six strikeouts in five innings pitched for the Knights.
Will Armstrong started on the mound, going four total innings, and recording two strikeouts in the outing.
Walton finished game one 3/5 at the plate with a team-high six RBI after his first career multi-homerun game. The homeruns are Walton's fifth and six of the season and he hit one of the team's three doubles in game one.
Game 2: Wartburg 3, Luther 1 6 innings (Darkness)
The Orange & Black were determined the winners after the game was called due to darkness after six innnings. The Knights were leading 3-1 when the game was called off and with the win will now move to 13-9 overall and 3-2 in A-R-C play.
Next Time Out
The Knights continue A-R-C play with a three-game series on the road against Central College on Friday and Saturday, Apr. 1 and 2.
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