DAVENPORT, Fla. – Baseball continued play at the RussMatt Invitational with a 13-3 win over Saint Mary's University (Minn.) in eight innings on Tuesday, Mar. 4.
 
Game Summary

• 1^st Inning
  • The Cardinals struck first with one run across in the first inning after a passed ball
  • Wartburg responded in the bottom half when a Carter Stubitz single scored Eliot Jurgensen and Zach Walton to give Wartburg a 2-1 lead
• 3^rd Inning
  • Stubitz scored in the bottom of the third after a fielder's choice from Andrew Robinson brought him home to add to the Wartburg lead
• 4^th Inning
  • An RBI single from SMU in the fourth inning cut Wartburg's lead to 3-2
• 5^th Inning
  • Keegan Schmitt put Wartburg back up by two runs after a solo-shot homerun to left field made the score 4-2
• 6^th Inning
  • The Knights continued to add to their lead the following inning when Will Armstrong singled to score Cole Grider and push the lead to 5-2
• 7^th Inning
  • SMU scored another run from an RBI single in the top of the 7^th to make the score 5-3 headed to the bottom of the seventh inning
  • With one out, Schmitt hit his second solo homerun of the game to left field before Stubitz doubled and Gehrig Turner walked
  • Liam Bender pinch hit and hit a double that scored Stubitz and then Caleb Andrews placed a perfect sacrifice bunt to bring home Turner and make the score 8-3
• 8^th Inning
  • Jurgensen doubled to begin the eighth inning and then was brought home by a Walton single
  • Bender reached base on an error that also scored a run and then Andrews singled to drive in his second run of the game and make the score 11-3
  • Grider ended the game with a triple that scored both Andrews and Bender to make the final score 13-3

 
Top Performers

• Keegan Schmitt
  • 2/4 at the plate
  • Two home runs
  • Two RBI
  • Three runs scored
• Emerson Alberhasky
  • Win
  • 6.0 innings pitched
  • Eight strikeouts
  • Four hits allowed
• Carter Stubitz
  • 2/4 at the plate
  • Two RBI
  • Two runs scored

 
 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg is now 10-5 against SMU all time
• First career win for Alberhasky on the mound
• First career home run(s) for Schmitt
  • Six extra-base hits this season
• Eight different Knights recorded at least one RBI
  • Schmitt, Stubitz, Andrews and Grider all had two RBI

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are in action next Thursday, Mar. 6 against Grove City College at 3:45 p.m. eastern time.