MARION, Ind. -  Indiana Wesleyan baseball completed their series sweep of Bethel on Friday. The Wildcats were powered by 8 home runs across the two games. Evan Salmon led the way with 3, Lucas Goodin and Nick Wiley had 2 each, and Ty Mathews had 1.

 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Marion, Ind. | Wildcat Field
• Records:  IWU 20-11-1 |  BU 13-19
• Game One Score: IWU def. BU 13-3
• Game Two Score: IWU def. BU 8-3

 

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Evan Salmon got the offense started early, sending a 3 run shot to center field in the 1st inning. Greg Vineyard also scored on a single from Jake Thompson in the inning to give IWU a 4-0 lead.
• Bethel got a run back on a walk with bases loaded in the 2nd inning.
• Lucas Goodin, Evan Salmon, and Nick Wiley all hit home runs in the 2nd .
• The Pilots got 2 runs back in the third, making the score 7-3.
• Ty Mathews got in on the homerun action in the 4th also scoring Goodin.
• Goodin brought Luke Roman across with a single in the 5th and Nick Wiley got his second homer of the game to score Goodin, and Mathews to push the Wildcat lead to 13-3.
• Evan Fry and Grayson Knight combined for 5 strikeouts, 4 hits, and 2 earned runs in 7 innings.

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

•  A Jeff Morton sac fly scored Lucas Goodin in the 1st to give IWU a 1-0 lead.
• Goodin sent a ball over the fence in the 2nd, scoring Luke Roman and Greg Vineyard.
• Bethel scored 3 runs in the 3rd, pulling within 1 run at 4-3.
• Vineyard scored on a Ty Mathews sac fly in the 4th.
• Evan Salmon got his 3rd homerun of the day in 6th inning, bring home Mathews in Goodin to give the Wildcats an 8-3 lead.
• Caleb Olsen got the start on the mound going 5 innings with 6 strikeouts, 6 hits, and 3 runs. Will Eldridge was dominant in 2 innings on the mound, striking out 4 of the 7 batters he faced.

 

BENJAMIN PERSPECTIVE

 

 

• "Big conference sweep. We competed with a lot of grit in all phases," said Head Coach RIch Benjamin.  "It was great to see us control a higher percentage of at-bats, get deep starts out of Young, Buckley, and Olsen. In addition, to get Knight extended work was key today and moving forward."

  

NEXT TIME OUT

 

• The Wildcats travel to Mount Vernon Nazarene for a doubleheader on April 5th at 1:00 p.m.

 

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