PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Baseball erased a 3-0 deficit in the eighth inning to defeat the University of Wisconsin-Platteville 6-3 on the road on Tuesday, Apr. 29. Wartburg is now 19-17 overall and UW-Platteville is now 17-16 overall.
Game Summary
- First Inning
- The Pioneers brought the first run of the game across with an RBI single in the opening frame
- Sixth Inning
- After four scoreless innings of play from each team, UW-Platteville added two more runs to make it 3-0 after a two-RBI double to the right-center gap
- Eighth Inning
- Ninth Inning
- Eliot Jurgensen singled to leadoff the ninth and was eventually brought home by a sacrifice bunt from Keegan Schmitt to add another run and make the score 6-3 headed to the bottom of the ninth
- Conner Funk closed out the final two innings on the mound, including a three-up, three-down bottom of the ninth to hold off the Pioneers 6-3
Top Performers
Notes/Streaks
- Wartburg is now 7-5 in nonconference play this season
- Nicholas Chapman earned his first win of his Wartburg career on the mound
- Stubitz hit his seventh home run of the season
- Fourth save of the season and career for Co. Funk
- First career multi-RBI game for Scott in his career
- Jurgensen is now 18-straight games with a hit and 23-straight games reaching base
- Stubitz has a team-leading 32 RBI this season
Next Time Out
The Knights will close the regular season on Saturday, May 3 with a neutral site doubleheader against Concordia College (Minn.) in St. Peter, Minn. beginning at 2 p.m.
