MARION, Ind. – The No. 23 Indiana Wesleyan baseball picked up the 3-1 series win over No. 18 Taylor by sweeping both games Monday afternoon by scores of 11-0 and 13-1.


GAME VITALS

• GAME 1: IWU 11, Taylor 0 
• GAME 2: Wildcats 13, Trojans 1
• RECORDS: IWU 32-11; Taylor 29-12

INSIDE THE BOX – Game 1

• Blake Storr singled with two outs in the second and scored on Luke Roman's triple to right field.
• In the fourth, Storr got things going again with a double. Two batters later, he trotted home when Tye Thixton blasted a two-run homer over the left field fence for a 3-0 lead.
• Tanner Killian drove in Colby Jenkins in the fifth. Nick Coy's double plated Killian and Lucas Goodin. Storr followed him up with a double, knocking in Stavola and Coy. 
• In the sixth, Stavola ripped a triple to right center field, allowing Jenkins and Goodin to score on the play. Stavola scored moments later for the final 11-0 score.
• For the game, Storr led the way with three hits while Thixton accounted for two. Coy, Stavola, Storr and Thixton drove home two runs apiece. Goodin, Stavola and Storr each scored twice.
• Hunter Hoffman was outstanding on the mound and gave up just four hits without allowing a run. He struck out eight batters in the win. 

EXTRA BASES

• Seven of IWU's 10 hits went for extra bases. Storr accounted for two doubles while Coy and Killian each had one. Roman and Stavola each had a triple while Thixton ensured the Wildcats had an extra-base hit of every variety with his round-tripper.

GOING THE DISTANCE

• Hoffman did a tremendous job, registering a complete-game shutout. He threw 115 pitches in the victory, giving up just two walks and four hits. Only one of the base knocks went for extra bases.

INSIDE THE BOX – Game 2

• With two down in the first, Jenkins walked and swiped a base. Killian was hit by a pitch and Goodin singled home Killian. The bases were loaded and Coy cleared the bags with a double for a 4-0 advantage.
• Zach Rabe led off the second with a double. With runners on second and third, Jenkins doubled home Rabe and Denver Blinn to make it 6-0.
• Leading 6-1 in the third, Storr recorded a two-out single before Rabe blasted a two-run homer for an 8-1 margin. Thixton singled, Blinn reached on an error and Jenkins was hit by a pitch to load the bags. Killian saw an 0-2 pitch he liked and crushed it over the left field wall for a grand slam.
• IWU added a run in the fifth for the final tally.
• For the game, Killian led everyone with four RBI. Coy added three while Jenkins and Rabe drove in two each.
• Goodin and Rabe had multi-hit games (two hits apiece). Blinn scored three times while Jenkins, Killian and Rabe all crossed home twice.
• Jon Young struck out four batters and gave up one run on three hits over three frames. Braedon Norman registered three strikeouts and gave up a hit over three innings while Jake Engelkes struck out two batters he faced in a scoreless inning of work.

NEXT TIME OUT

• The Wildcats take the field again Friday when they host Huntington Friday in a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.

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