MARION, Ind. – The No. 19 Indiana Wesleyan baseball team posted a pair of victories Friday afternoon in league action, winning 12-1 and 9-8 over Huntington. IWU tallied four deep balls, two triples, and five doubles in the two games. 


GAME VITALS

• GAME 1: IWU 12, HU 1
• GAME 2: IWU 9, Huntington 8
• RECORDS: Indiana Wesleyan 34-11; Huntington 24-10

INSIDE THE BOX – Game 1

• IWU took a 1-0 lead in the first after Tye Thixton tripled and came home on a Colby Jenkins groundout. The Wildcats pushed the margin to 3-0 on Denver Blinn's two-run homer in the third, also plating Thixton.
• Leading 3-1 in the sixth, IWU broke open the game with a nine-run frame.
• Lucas Goodin ripped a double down the right field line in the sixth, plating Blinn and Jenkins as Tanner Killian moved to third. Nick Coy belted a three-run homer over the center field wall, scoring Killian and Goodin.
• Blake Storr doubled and Zach Rabe singled him home. Thixton's single pushed Rabe to second. Moments later, Colby Jenkins blasted a pitch to right center field for a triple, clearing the bags. Jenkins scored to complete the tally.
• For the game, Thixton led the way with three hits. Blinn, Lucas Goodin and Storr had two hits apiece.
• Jenkins and Nick Coy had three RBI each. Blinn and Goodin each scored twice. Thixton's three runs led everyone. Blinn and Jenkins crossed home twice.
• Isaiah Rivera pitched all seven frames, giving up just one unearned run on four hits. He struck out six batters in the victory.
• Six of the 13 hits went for extra bases – two doubles, two triples and a pair of homers.

The runs keep coming in the sixth for @IWU_Baseball!@IWU_Baseball - 11
Huntington - 1 pic.twitter.com/h2V6Z3PKho

— IWU Wildcats (@IWUWildcats) April 16, 2021

INSIDE THE BOX – Game 2

• Huntington jumped on top of game two with a two-run first inning.
• The Wildcats plated a run in the second and three in the third for a 4-1 edge. However, HU scored five in the fifth only to have IWU pull within one with a two-run fifth.
• Huntington scored a run in the sixth but a three-run bottom of the frame pushed the Wildcats ahead by a 9-8 score.
• Killian doubled in the second and scored moments later. Down 2-1 in the third, Jenkins doubled in Rabe. Killian's single scored Blinn and Jenkins for the lead.
• Down 7-4 in the fifth, Killian smashed a two-run homer to make it a one-run game. Losing 8-6 in the sixth, Storr and Rabe reached base and were able to take their time coming home when Thixton launched a three-run shot for what turned out to be the game-winning run.
• With Braedon Norman pitching the final 2.1 innings, IWU secured the victory. Norman and Austin Swift, who started, combined for seven strikeouts.  

.@lucasgoodin02 with a monster double down the right field line scoring two for @IWU_Baseball!

Wildcats lead 5-1 in the bottom of the sixth!

Catch some ??and head out to either @IWU_Baseball or @IndWesSoftball RIGHT NOW! pic.twitter.com/JrVOVRqQjK

— IWU Wildcats (@IWUWildcats) April 16, 2021

NEXT TIME OUT

• The Wildcats take the field again tomorrow against Huntington for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.

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