DULUTH, Minn. – Wartburg split a pair of non-conference games on the road against the College of St. Scholastica on Saturday, April 20. The Knights are now 16-13 overall after taking game one 6-3 and falling in game two 8-1.
Game Summary
- Game One
- First Inning
- Third Inning
- After Gray and Jurgensen reached again, the Knights added another run after Zach Walton brought home Gray with a groundout
- Fourth Inning
- The Saints loaded the bases in the bottom of the fourth and came away with one run after a double play and a groundout ended the inning
- Fifth Inning
- After Jurgensen reached base to begin the inning, Walton doubled to the wall in the gap to make it 4-1 Knights
- Seventh Inning
- The Knights added another run after Sam Nicolino doubled down the third base line to score Jurgensen and bring the Wartburg lead to 5-1
- Ninth Inning
- Gray reached on a walk and scored later in the inning on a wild pitch to make the score 6-1
- After one run allowed through five innings from Nick Nin, Kyle Thompson and Conner Funk came in to close out the final innings on the mound and give the Knights a 6-3 victory
- Game Two
- Second Inning
- The Saints put one run up in the second after a wild pitch with the bases loaded
- Wartburg got out of the inning with no more runs scored
- Fourth Inning
- St. Scholastica exploded for six runs on six hits in the bottom half of the fourth to extend the lead to 7-0
- Seventh Inning
- Wartburg got a run back in the seventh after Cole Wessling doubled and Caleb Andrews brought him home to make the score 7-1
- In the bottom half, the Saints doubled down the line to score a run and bring the score to 8-1
- Ninth Inning
- St. Scholastica held off the Knights for an 8-1 win
Top Performers
Coaches Comments
"The top of our order has been playing great and today was another example with Keaton, Eliot and Zach having big parts of the game one win." said Head Coach
Casey Klunder in his post game thoughts following today's doubleheader.
"It was really cool to see a lot of our Minnesota guys come back to their home state and play well." said Klunder. Today's lineup featured five players from Minnnesota (
Aiden Tobin, Lance Goecehel,
Hunter Sehr,
Gavin Lund and
Zach Walton).
Klunder continued by talking about his relief pitching today, "I have to start with
Kyle Thompson, who continues to be rock solid for us out of the bullpen.
Conner Funk had another good outing outside of one big swing,". He continued onto game two, "
Gavin Lund was solid for us in game two outside of a big fourth inning, but that was the longest we've asked him to go this season.
Hunter Sehr also gave us some good innings in the end."
"I think this trip was an overall success because we were able to get some of our guys who have been in and out of the lineup back on track on both sides of the ball." said Klunder on his feelings after today's doubleheader. "It was also a great opportunity to let
Will Armstrong make his debut at shortstop, which was awesome to see him back in the field."
Notes/Streaks
- Nin moves to 2-0 in decisions this season
- Walton extended his reached base streak to 29 games
- Knights tied season high in steals with seven in game one
- Gray is now 18/19 on stolen base attempts this season
- Armstrong made his season debut at shortstop
- Jurgensen and Gray are both now at 14 multi-hit games this season
- Eli Slaymaker made his first career appearance on the mound in game two
Next Time Out
The Knights are back in action next on Tuesday, Apr. 23 for a home doubleheader against Loras beginning at 3:30 p.m.
