HUNTINGTON, IND. -  Indiana Wesleyan baseball got back in the win column on Thursday, splitting their doubleheader with Huntington. The Wildcats dropped game one 11-1, but rebounded in game two with an 8-3 victory.

 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Huntington, Ind. | Forest Park
• Records:  IWU 27-16-1 |  HU 29-12
• Game One Score: HU def. IWU 11-1
• Game Two Score: IWU def. HU 8-3

 

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• The Wildcats got on the board first with a Ty Mathews homer in the top of the 1st.
• It was all Huntington the rest of the way, with the Foresters holding IWU to only 3 hits and 0 runs after the Mathews homerun.
• Evan Fry and Grayson Knight combined for 6 strikeouts, 12 hits, and 10 earned runs.

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Lucas Goodin and Colby Jenkins both homered in the 3rd inning, giving IWU a 3-0 lead. Huntington got 2 runs back in the bottom of the 3rd.
• The Foresters tied the game up with a run in the 4th.
• Ty Mathews and Goodin scored on a 2 RBI single to left field in the 5th. Jeff Morton got in on the homerun action with a 3 run bomb later in the 5th, extending the Wildcat lead to 8-3.
• Will Eldridge went 6 innings on the mound, striking out 10 and only giving up 4 hits and 2 earned runs.

  

NEXT TIME OUT

 

• The Wildcats resume their series with Huntington tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.

 

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