INDIANOLA, Iowa --- Baseball (14-11, 5-8) closed out its road series against Simpson College (17-10, 8-4) in dominant fashion with a 13-5 win on Saturday, Apr. 11 highlighted by a season-high 20 hits as a team.
 
Both Andrew Gallegos and Griffin Troha each recorded four hits and Charlie Krueger hit two home runs to help fuel Wartburg's conference win.
 
Game Summary

• First Inning
  • Griffin Troha led off the game with a single and a stolen base before Andrew Robinson walked to put runners on first and second
  • Andrew Gallegos drove in the first run of the game with an RBI double to right center field before Bode Nagelmaker used a sacrifice fly to score Robinson and make it 2-0 after half an inning of play
• Second Inning
  • After back-to-back singles with one out from Liam Bender and Troha, Jayden Scott singled to right field to bring home Bender and make the score 3-0
• Third Inning
  • The Knights offense broke the game open the third inning when they turned four hits into four runs to make the score 7-0
    • Nagelmaker singled to begin the big inning and then was scored by a double from Tanner Jackson
    • Troha doubled to left and advanced to third on an error with runners on second and third
    • Scott closed the scoring with an RBI single that brought Troha home from third
  • In the bottom half, Simpson brought its first two runs across to make the score 7-2
• Fifth Inning
  • Simpson added another run to bring the score to 7-3 headed to the sixth inning
• Sixth Inning
  • The Knights put up another four run inning in the sixth to take a commanding 11-3 lead
    • Gallegos got the scoring started with a solo shot to center field before Jackson doubled and then was brought home by a two-run home run from Charlie Krueger
    • Keegan Schmitt kept the bats rolling with a triple before an RBI single from Bender brought him home
  • Nick Nin finished his start on the mound with six innings pitched and two earned runs allowed
• Eighth Inning
  • Krueger smacked his second two-run home run of the game to push the lead to 10 runs
  • Simpson answered in the bottom of the inning to make the score 13-4 and stay alive headed to the ninth
• Ninth Inning
  • Kam Volz closed the final inning of play on the mound for the Knights to secure a 13-5 win over the Storm

 
 
Top Performers

• Andrew Gallegos
  • 4/6 at the plate
  • Two RBI
  • HR
  • Three doubles
  • One run scored
• Charlie Krueger
  • 2/5 at the plate
  • Four RBI
  • Two HR
  • Three runs scored
  • Walk
• Griffin Troha
  • 4/6 at the plate
  • Two RBI
  • Two runs scored
  • Double
• Tanner Jackson
  • 3/5 at the plate
  • Two RBI
  • Two doubles
  • Three runs scored

 
 
Notes/Streaks

• Season-high seven doubles as a team
• First career four-hit games for both Gallegos and Troha at Wartburg
  • Second and third players to record a four-hit game this season
• First and second home runs of the season for Krueger
  • First multi-home run game at Wartburg
  • Second and third career home runs
• Seventh home run of the season for Gallegos
  • Has now homered in three-straight conference series
• Fourth game this season with three or more home runs
• Second triple of the season for Schmitt
• 23 RBI for Gallegos this season (leads team)
• Season best 11 extra-base hits as a team today
• Ninth career win on the mound for Nin
• Nine different Knights recorded a hit

 
 
Next Time Out
The Knights will be in action next on Friday, Apr. 17 at home against Buena Vista University to kick off a three-game series.