KOKOMO, Ind. – The No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan baseball team split a doubleheader against Saint Ambrose Friday afternoon, winning the first game with an impressive 5-0 shutout before falling 5-4 in the nightcap.

 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

        • Location: Kokomo, Ind.
        • Records: IWU 4-3 I SAU 3-3
        • Game One Score: IWU def. SAU | 5-0
        • Game Two Score: SAU def. IWU | 5-4
        • NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #14 I SAU – Unranked

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• IWU jumped on top with a run in the second when Nick Wiley walked and raced around the bases to score on a failed pick-off attempt. 
• A Quinn Willard base knock to left field scored Andrew Sinish in the fifth, who posted a one-out single earlier in the frame.
• Jay Tomes recorded a sacrifice fly in the fifth, plating Luke Roman, who led off the frame with a triple, for a 3-0 margin.
• Sinish singled in Roman in the seventh and Willard scored on a sacrifice fly by Jake Thompson in the eighth for the final margin.
• For the game, Sinish, Thompson and Willard had two hits apiece. Sinish drove in two while Roman scored twice. 
• Drue Young worked seven innings and did not give up a run. He struck out nine without allowing a walk. Cam LaFuze tossed the final two innings and struck out one to pick up the save. 

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• IWU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning after MJ Stavola and Roman reached base. Jeff Pawlik singled them in for the two-run margin.
• SAU fought back, plating a run in the third and fourth innings before taking a 4-2 lead in the fifth. A Zach Green double drove in Caleb Engelsman, trimming the deficit to one at 4-3.
• Stavola's sacrifice drove in Colin Yoder, who had entered the contest as a pinch runner for Green. 
• The score remained tied at 4-4 until the ninth inning when the Fighting Bees plated a mere run for a 5-4 edge. IWU was unable to knot the score in the bottom of the stanza.
• Roman had a team-best two hits – and both went for doubles. Pawlik accounted for two RBI in the loss.
• Brock Buckley worked four innings and had four strikeouts. Tate Warner worked 1.1 frames and had a strikeout. Caleb Olsen tossed the final 1.2 frames and tallied six strikeouts. 

  

NEXT TIME OUT

 

• IWU returns to action tomorrow against Saint Ambrose (Iowa) for the final game of the series starting at 1 p.m.
• Links for tickets, video and stats are available at IWUWildcats.com.

 

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