WAVERLY, Iowa – Baseball closed its season series against Luther College with an 11-6 loss at home that gave the Norse a regular season series sweep. Wartburg is now 8-13 overall and 3-9 in American Rivers Conference play.
Game Summary
- Luther jumped on Wartburg with a four-run top of the first inning capped off by a two-run homer to center field
- The Norse continued the attack in the third inning with another four runs scored, including three runners walked in
- Wartburg got one run back in the bottom of the third when Keaton Gray singled up the middle to score Carter Stubitz, who led the inning off with a single
- Malcolm Newell got a 1-2-3 inning in relief on the mound in the fourth inning
- Zach Wesolowski saved an extra-base hit with a diving play in left-center field
- Wartburg scored another run on a wild pitch and then an RBI single from Stubitz made the score 8-3 Luther after four innings
- Luther added another run with a solo shot homerun in the top of the fifth
- The Knight got a run back in the bottom of the fifth after an error brought Gray home to score
- Score remained 9-4 heading to the eighth inning with each team at nine total hits
- Luther added two runs in the top of the eighth and then struck out the side in the bottom half
- Zach Walton drove in two runs with a double in the bottom of the ninth, but the Norse held on for a 11-6 victory
Top Performers
- Gray
- 4/4 at the plate
- One RBI
- Double
- Hit by pitch
- One stolen base
- One run scored
- Stubitz
- 2/3 at the plate
- One RBI
- Walk
- Two runs scored
- Walton
- 1/4 at the plate
- Two RBI
- Double
- Also reached on error
Notes/Streaks
- Wartburg still leads 86-72 in the all-time series
- Gray now has the longest active hitting streak at 7 games
- Luther swept season series this season
- 18 game reached base streak for Jurgensen after a 2/4 performance at the plate today
- Five game losing streak for Wartburg
- Third straight game with an RBI for Walton
Next Time Out
The Knights will hit the road this weekend for a three-game series against Simpson beginning with a single game on Friday, Apr. 14 at 6 p.m.