INDIANOLA, Iowa --- Baseball (13-11, 4-8) continued American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play today as the Knights fell to Simpson College (17-9, 8-3) in a doubleheader on Friday, Apr. 10. Simpson took game one 5-1 before winning the nightcap 12-3.
 
The Knights will close out the three-game road series against the Storm on Saturday, Apr. 11 at 1 p.m.
 
 
Game Summary

• Game One
  • Second Inning
    • Andrew Gallegos singled for the first hit of the game, but the Knights were unable to add any more hits, so the score remained 0-0 after two innings
  • Third Inning
    • Simpson used a three-hit two-out rally to bring across three runs in the bottom of the third to give the Storm a 3-0 lead
  • Fourth Inning
    • Andrew Robinson doubled for the Knights and Gallego's second single of the day moved him to third, but Simpson was able to escape the jam to keep the score 3-0
    • The Storm led off the bottom half with a solo shot to make it 4-0 before recording three-straight outs
  • Fifth Inning
    • Simpson added another run following a lead off walk that was brought around the bases after a wild pitch, flyout and then a sacrifice flyout that made the score 5-0
  • Seventh Inning
    • The Knights got on the scoreboard in the seventh after both Charlie Krueger and Drew Conrad reached base to set up an RBI single from Bode Nagelmaker that cut the Storm lead to 5-1
  • Ninth Inning
    • Despite an eighth inning double from Robinson and a ninth inning double from Aiden Tobin, the Knights fell to Simpson 5-1 in game one
• Game Two
  • First Inning
    • The Knights jumped on the Storm in game two after Griffin Troha and Jayden Scott both walked between a single from Robinson to load the bases for Nagelmaker, who walked to bring in the first run of the game
    • Tanner Jackson continued the inning with a double down the left field line to bring two more runs across that gave Wartburg a 3-0 lead
  • Second Inning
    • Simpson got one run back in the bottom of the second after three singles allowed a runner to score
  • Third Inning
    • Both Gallegos and Conrad singled in the third, but the Knights were unable to tally any more runs
    • In the bottom half of the inning, the first five batters all recorded a hit for Simpson as the Storm used five total hits, two walks, a hit by pitch and an error to put up seven runs and take a 8-3 lead
  • Sixth Inning
    • Simpson added to its lead in the sixth inning with four runs from five hits to push the score to 12-3 with three innings left to play
  • Eighth Inning
    • The Storm used two walks, an error and a hit to bring one more run across to end the game in eight innings 13-3

 
 
Top Performers

• Game One
  • Andrew Robinson
    • 2/4 at the plate
    • Two doubles
  • Andrew Gallegos
    • 2/4 at the plate
  • Bode Nagelmaker
    • 1/3 at the plate
    • RBI
  • Aiden Tobin
    • 1/1 at the plate
    • Double
• Game Two
  • Tanner Jackson
    • 1/2 at the plate
    • Two RBI
    • Double
  • Jayden Scott
    • 1/3 at the plate
    • Run scored
    • Walk
  • Andrew Robinson
    • 1/4 at the plate
    • Run scored

 
 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg still leads the all-time series 74-26
• Robinson leads the Knights with eight doubles this season
• 10^th and 11^th RBI of the season for Nagelmaker
• Jackson now has eight RBI this season
  • Fourth double this season
• Three Knights extended their reached-base streaks to 10+
  • Robinson (24)
  • Gallegos (18)
  • Krueger (10)

Next Time Out
The Knights will close out the series tomorrow, Saturday, Apr. 11, at 1 p.m. in Indianola.