LINCOLN, Neb. – Baseball went on the road and defeated Nebraska Wesleyan University 9-3 on Friday, Apr. 25 after holding the Prairie Wolves' scoreless in the final six innings. Wartburg is now 18-15 overall and 12-10 in American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play, while NWU is now 19-16 overall and 8-11 in A-R-C play.
 
Game Summary

• First Inning
  • The Knights jumped on the scoreboard first after first inning singles from Will Armstrong and Carter Stubitz to set up an RBI single from Keegan Schmitt
  • The Prairie Wolves answered in the bottom half with an RBI groundout to tie the game at 1-1
• Second Inning
  • Wartburg tallied another run after a bases-loaded fielding error sent Armstrong around to score to give Wartburg a 2-1 edge
• Third Inning
  • Carter Betts hit an RBI triple to tie the game up at 2-2 before he was scored later in the inning to give NWU a 3-2 lead
• Fifth Inning        
  • Stubitz stepped up to the plate and tied the game in the fifth inning with a solo-shot home run
• Sixth Inning
  • Jurgensen added on to Wartburg's lead with a two-RBI single to center field that brought home both Armstrong and Jayden Scott
  • Griffin Troha was walked with the bases loaded to bring in another run and give Wartburg a 6-3 lead after six innings
• Ninth Inning
  • The Knights brought two more insurance runs across in the ninth after a sacrifice fly from Armstrong to score Liam Bender as well as a wild pitch that brought home Charlie Krueger
  • Wartburg's pitching staff capped off six-straight shutout innings to close the game with a 9-3 win

 
 
Top Performers

• Will Armstrong
  • 4/5
  • Three runs scored
  • RBI
• Eliot Jurgensen
  • 2/6
  • Two RBI
  • One run scored
• Carter Stubitz
  • 2/5
  • Home Run
  • RBI
• Joey Ciero/Kyle Thompson
  • Ciero
    • 7.2 innings pitched
    • Win
    • Eight strikeouts
    • Two earned runs
  • Thompson
    • 1.1 innings pitched
    • No hits allowed
    • Two strikeouts

 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg has now won seven of the last 10 matchups against Nebraska Wesleyan
  • 15-9 overall
• Fourth time this season with over seven innings pitched for Ciero this season
• First four-hit game of the season for Armstrong
• Jurgensen moved his active hitting streak to 15 games and his active reached base streak to 20 games
• Sixth home run of the season for Stubitz
  • Also leads team with 30 RBI
• Thompson now has 20 strikeouts in 18.1 innings pitched

 
Next Time Out
The Knights will close out the series tomorrow with a doubleheader against Nebraska Wesleyan beginning at 12 p.m. in Lincoln, Neb.