MARION, Ind. – Indiana Wesleyan baseball split a pair of games against No. 18 Taylor, winning the first contest 15-3 before falling 12-2 in the nightcap.


GAME VITALS

• GAME 1: IWU 15, Taylor 3
• GAME 2: Trojans 12, Wildcats 2
• RECORDS: IWU 30-11; Taylor 29-10

INSIDE THE BOX – Game 1

• IWU trailed 1-0 after a half inning of play, but the nationally-ranked squad plated 12 runs over the first four innings and never looked back in the 15-3 win.
• Lucas Goodin led the hit parade with four base knocks. He also added three RBI and three runs scored. Nick Coy had a big day, tallying three hits while driving in five runs. Colby Jenkins added three hits, four RBI and scored four times.
• The Wildcats registered 14 hits – 5 of which were round-trippers. Jenkins added a pair of long balls while Coy and Tye Thixton had one apiece.
• Isaiah Rivera tossed six strong innings. He struck out five and gave up two earned runs on five hits to pick up the win. Braedon Norman worked one frame, striking out three batters.
• Thixton and Jenkins each hit solo shots in the second inning. Coy went yard with a three-run blast in the third stanza. Jenkins hit his second solo round-tripper of the game in the sixth inning.

INSIDE THE BOX – Game 2

• The Trjojans took a 2-0 lead in the third inning and stretched the margin to 5-1 through five frames before a five-run sixth inning by the visitors put the game in doubt.
• IWU added a run in the sixth, but Taylor added two runs in the seventh for the 12-2 victory.
• MJ Stavola led the team with a game-high three hits. Thixton, Jenkins, Tanner Killian, Blake Storr and Luke Roman all had a hit.
• Thixton and Storr each drove in a run while Roman and Stavola crossed home plate.
• Three of the eight hits went for extra bases. Roman registered a triple while Killian and Stavola each had doubles.
• Trailing 2-0 in the third, Roman posted a one-out triple and scored on Thixton's single. The other run came in the sixth. With two down, Stavola singled to left center and moved to second when Coy was hit by a pitch. He was plated on Storr's base hit to right field.
• Austin Swift worked four innings and took the loss. He struck out a batter. Parker Johnson (1), Gabe Fleace (2), Max Engstrom (1) and Ethan Dixon (1) combined for six strikeouts.

NEXT TIME OUT

• The Wildcats take the field again tomorrow when they wrap up the series against No. 20 Taylor starting at 1 p.m.

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