DAVENPORT, Fla. – Baseball picked up a second-straight win in Florida today with a hard-fought victory over Grove City College 4-1 on Thursday, Mar. 6.
 
Game Summary

• 3^rd inning
  • Eliot Jurgensen broke the 0-0 tie in the top of the third inning with a solo-shot home run
  • Later in that inning, Zach Walton singled and then was scored by a sacrifice fly from Gehrig Turner to make the score 2-0
• 6^th inning
  • Grove City got on the board with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth tut cut Wartburg's lead to 3-1
• 8^th inning
  • Wartburg got another run across when Griffin Troha hit a sacrifice fly to bring home Devin Jager
  • Cael Funk went seven full innings on the mound for the Knights
• 9^th Inning
  • Will Armstrong came to the mound in the bottom of the ninth and closed out the game with a 1-2-3 inning to give Wartburg a 4-1 win

 
Top Performers

• Eliot Jurgensen
  • 2/5 at the plate
  • Home run
  • RBI
• Cael Funk
  • 7.0 innings pitched
  • Win
  • Five strikeouts
• Will Armstrong
  • 1.0 innings pitched
  • Save

 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg has won four of its last five games
• The Knights are now 3-0 all-time against the Wolverines
• First career save for Armstrong
• Second career win for Funk

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are back in action tomorrow (Friday, Mar. 7) for one game against the University of Concordia-Chicago.