INDIANOLA, Iowa – Baseball clinched a regular season series win over Simpson with a doubleheader sweep on Saturday, Mar. 22 after winning 17-9 and 9-1. Wartburg is now 8-6 overall and 2-1 in American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play while Simpson moves to 6-10 overall and 1-2 in A-R-C play.
Game Summary
- Game One
- First Inning
- Simpson got on the board early with a two-run home run to right field
- Fourth Inning
- Wartburg got on the board in the fourth inning when Carter Stubitz hit a three-run home run that scored both Zach Walton and Eliot Jurgensen to make the score 3-2
- Simpson answered in the bottom half of the inning with back-to-back extra-base hits that put the Storm in front 4-3
- Sixth Inning
- Simpson added one more run in the sixth after a double scored one run
- Eighth Inning
- After back-to-back walks, Stubitz delivered again for the Knights with his second three-run shot of the game to put Wartburg in front 6-5 after the top of the eighth
- A Caleb Andrews fielder's choice scored two more runs for the Knights before Simpson walked in two more runs to make the score 10-5
- Charlie Krueger closed the huge inning with a two-RBI single to push Wartburg's lead to 12-5
- Ninth Inning
- Wartburg added five more runs in the ninth inning to close out a 17-9 win
- Andrews doubled to score two runs, Jurgensen homered to score two more and Griffin Troha singled to drive in the final run
- Game Two
- First Inning
- After Will Armstrong reached second base after an error to leadoff the game, Eliot Jurgensen singled up the middle to bring Armstrong home and put the Knights ahead 1-0 early
- Second Inning
- Cole Grider singled and then stole second base to set up an RBI single from Armstrong to push Wartburg's lead to 2-0
- Third Inning
- The Knights continued its scoring when Walton hit a solo home run to make it 3-0
- Fifth Inning
- Keegan Schmitt and Krueger both singled to bring in a combined three runs to give Wartburg a 6-0 lead
- Seventh Inning
- Troha drove in Stubitz with a single to make the score 7-0 and later in the inning Devin Jager stole home to add another run
- Eighth Inning
- Stubitz drove in another RBI with a single that brought home Walton to push the lead to 9-0
- Simpson scored its first run after a passed ball in the bottom half of the inning
- Ninth Inning
Top Performers
Notes/Streaks
- 17 runs in game one is a season-high for the Knights
- Second and third home runs of the season for Stubitz
- First multi-home run game of his career
- First win on the mound this season for Conner Funk
- Seven RBI is a single-game high for Stubitz
- Now has 12 RBI this season
- Career home run number 30 for Walton in game two
- Three away from tying the career record at Wartburg
- Second home run of the season for Jurgensen
- Seven Knights had one RBI or more in game two
- Back-to-back games with 7+ innings pitched and nine or more strikeouts for Alberhasky
Next Time Out
The Knights are in action next on the road Tuesday, Mar. 25 for a single game against Buena Vista University beginning at 6 p.m. in Storm Lake, Iowa.
