AUBURNDALE, Florida – Baseball defeated Houghton 7-6 in game one and completed the sweep with a 23-4 victory in game two. The Knights improved to 6-1 on the season.
 
Game One
Game Summary

• First Inning
  • Wartburg got on the board first as Sam Nicolino singled to bring in Eliot Jurgensen
• Second Inning
  • Keaton Gray brought in Wiley Sullivan on a single to extend the Knights lead to two
  • Zach Walton added two RBIs on a double to left center to push the lead to four
• Third Inning
  • Houghton scored two in the top half of the third to cut the Knights lead to two
  • The Knights extended their lead to three on an error that scored Cole Wessling
• Fifth Inning
  • The Highlanders put up two more runs in the top half of the fifth to cut the deficit to one
• Seventh Inning
  • Houghton scored two runs to take a 6-5 lead in the top half of the seventh
  • Cole Grider scored on an RBI bases-loaded walk by Gray to tie the game at six
  • Aiden Tobin scored on a passed ball as the Knights win 7-6 in walk-off fashion

 
Top Performers

• Zach Walton
  • 1/2 at the plate
  • Two RBI
  • Two walks drawn
  • Double
• Keaton Gray
  • 1/4 at the plate
  • Two RBI
  • One walk drawn
• Cole Wessling
  • 2/3 at the plate
  • Two runs scored
  • One walk drawn

 
 
Game Two
Game Summary

• First Inning
  • Wartburg jumped on top early in the top half as Keaton Gray scored off an Eliot Jurgensen double
  • Lance Goeschel added an RBI single as Jurgensen scored to make it 2-0 Knights
  • With the bases loaded, Wiley Sullivan got hit by a pitch followed by back-to-back walks from Caleb Andrews and Gray to extend the lead to five
  • Jurgensen added two more RBIs on a single to put Wartburg up seven
  • Carter Stubitz drew a bases loaded walk to push another run across the plate to go up eight
• Second Inning
  • Andrews and Gray added two more runs with back-to-back singles to drive in Goeschel and Noah Day to make it 10-0 Knights
  • Jurgensen brought Gray around to score on a triple as Wartburg extended the lead to 11
  • A three-run homerun by Stubitz in the top half pushed the lead to 14
  • Aiden Tobin added an RBI single to put Wartburg ahead 15 headed to the bottom half
  • Houghton got on the board in the bottom half to make it 15-1 Knights after two
• Third Inning
  • Zach Walton brought Keaton Gray in with an RBI single to make it 16-1
  • Sam Nicolino drew a bases loaded walk followed by a two RBI double by Goeschel to extend the lead to 18
  • Jack Bunkers with a bases clearing double brought in three runs for the Knights followed by a sac fly by Andrews to add another to make it 22-1
  • The Highlanders added two runs in the bottom half to make it 22-3
• Fourth Inning
  • Houghton brought in one more run in the bottom of the fourth to cut the deficit to 16
• Seventh Inning
  • Aiden Brown added one more run to the Knights total with a solo homerun to give Wartburg a 23-4 win

 
Next Time Out
The Knights will be in action next on Saturday, Mar. 9 in Jacksonville, Ill. against Elmhurst University at 10 a.m.