INDIANOLA, Iowa – Baseball fell to Simpson in both games of an American Rivers Conference doubleheader, the Storm won 14-10 in game one and 7-0 in game two. Wartburg is now 8-15 overall and 3-11 in A-R-C play.
 
Game Summary

• Game One
  • Simpson came out with hot bats in game one and put up seven runs in the bottom of the first inning
  • The Storm added two more runs in the second to take a 9-0 lead after two innings played
  • Both Eliot Jurgensen and Carter Stubitz walked with the bases loaded in the third inning to cut the lead to 9-2
  • Will Armstrong, Keaton Gray and Caleb Andrews all got on base in the top of the fourth to set up a grand slam to right-center field from Zach Walton that made the score 9-6
    • Simpson got one run back in the bottom of the fourth and the score was 10-6 after four innings
  • After a hitless fifth inning, Wartburg scored another run in the top of the sixth when a Sam Nicolino infield single scored Gray
  • The Knights added two more runs in the top of the seventh after an RBI from both Andrews and Gray to bring Wartburg within one run
  • Joey Ciero pitched two innings in relief and recorded four strikeouts going into the eighth inning with the score still 10-9
  • Carter Stubitz and Cole Wessling hit back-to-back two-out doubles to tie the game at 10 after the top of the eighth
  • It didn't take Simpson long to answer as they brought four runs across in the bottom f the eighth to take a 14-10 lead heading to the final inning
  • Simpson held on to win game one 14-10
• Game Two
  • Simpson got on the board early again in game two with a 1-0 lead after the first inning
  • The Knights recorded four hits in the first three innings, but stranded five runners and the score remained 1-0 after three innings
  • Wartburg was held hitless the next two innings and then Simpson's offense came alive for two runs in the bottom of the fifth to take a 3-0 lead
  • The Storm added another run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 4-0 after
  • Simpson scored three more runs in the seventh inning to stretch the lead to 7-0 heading to the final two innings
  • Jurgensen hit an RBI single to bring the Knights first run across and Wartburg added two more in the inning capped off by a Stubitz RBI double
    • Score was 7-3 headed to the ninth
  • Walton doubled down the left field line with the bases loaded to make the score 7-6 with zero outs in the top of the ninth
  • After a pitching change the Storm put Wartburg down 1-2-3 to hold on for a 7-6 win

 
Top Performers

• Game One
  • Walton
    • 2/4 at the plate
      • Grand slam HR
      • Four RBI
      • Two runs scored
      • Two walks
  • Stubitz
    • 2/4 at the plate
      • Two RBI
      • Double
      • One run scored
      • One walk
  • Gray
    • 2/6 at the plate
      • One RBI
      • Two runs scored
      • One stolen base
• Game Two
  • Walton
    • 3/5 at the plate
      • Three RBI
      • Double
  • Jurgensen
    • 2/3 at the plate
      • RBI
      • One walk
      • One stolen base
  • Andrews
    • 2/4 at the plate
      • Two runs scored
      • One walk

Notes/Streaks

• Knights are now 93-60 all-time after today
  • First time losing back-to-back games against Simpson since 2010 season
• Jurgensen now has a reached base streak of 20 games
• Gray has an active hitting streak of nine games
• 10+ hits in eight of last 10 games
• Stubitz doubled in both games for the Knights