LINCOLN, Neb. – Baseball was swept in today's doubleheader against Nebraska Wesleyan University to close American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) regular season play. NWU took game one 4-0 and game two 4-3 to move to 21-16 overall and 11-10 in A-R-C play, while Wartburg is now 18-16 overall and 12-12 in A-R-C play.
Game Summary
- Game One
- Third Inning
- Neither team recorded a hit until the bottom of the third when Nebraska Wesleyan got two hits, but Emerson Alberhasky picked up a strikeout to get out of the jam
- Fourth Inning
- Keegan Schmitt recorded Wartburg's first hit in the fourth, but the Knights were unable to bring him home
- NWU was first on the board after two walks and two steals led the Prairie Wolves to a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0
- Fifth Inning
- Two hits in the fifth brought home another run for NWU in the fifth to make 2-0
- Sixth Inning
- Eliot Jurgensen singled for Wartburg's second hit of the game in the sixth
- Nebraska Wesleyan loaded the bases in the sixth inning and got another run across following a sacrifice fly that pushed the lead to 3-0
- Seventh Inning
- NWU hit a triple and then a double in back-to-back at bats to add another run and make it 4-0 after seven innings of play
- Ninth Inning
- Wartburg went three up-three down in each of the final three innings to close out a 4-0 Nebraska Wesleyan win
- Game Two
- First Inning
- Jurgensen doubled and Carter Stubitz walked to set up a two out RBI single from Schmitt to make it a 1-0 game after one inning
- Second Inning
- Third Inning
- Schmitt added another run to Wartburg's total with a solo home run to left center field
- NWU turned a double into a run in the bottom half of the third to make the score 3-1 after three innings
- Fourth Inning
- Another double followed by a single brought another run across for NWU to cut the Wartburg lead to 3-2 after four innings
- Seventh Inning
- A leadoff single followed by two doubled in the seventh inning for the Praire Wolves pushed two more runs across to give NWU its first lead of the game 4-3
- Ninth Inning
- The Prairie Wolves closed out a 4-3 win with a one-two-three ninth inning defensively
Top Performers
Notes/Streaks
- Jurgensen has extended both his hitting streak (17) and reached base streak (22) today
- Sixth home run of the season for Schmitt
- 25th RBI of the season (Third most on team)
- Back-to-back seasons finishing 12-12 in A-R-C play for Wartburg
Next Time Out
The Knights are back in action next on Tuesday, Apr. 29 for a nonconference game one the road against the University of Wisconsin-Platteville at 4 p.m.
