WINONA LAKE, Ind. – The No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan baseball team split a doubleheader at Grace College Friday afternoon. The Wildcats won the first game 7-5 before falling 2-0 in the nightcap.

 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

        • Location: Winona Lake, Ind.
        • Records: IWU 5-5 I GC 7-6
        • Game One Score:  IWU def. Grace, 7-5
        • Game Two Score: Grace def. IWU, 2-0
        • NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #14 I GC – Unranked

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

•  MJ Stavola singled, swiped second and moved to third on a fly ball. He scored on a Quinn Willard single for a 1-0 lead in the second. 
• Down 4-2 in the fifth, Caleb Engelsman reached on an error. After a walk to Colin Yoder, Andre Sinish crushed a three-run homer for a 5-4 edge.  
• Tied at 5-5 in the seventh, Yoder walked and stole second. Sinish's double drove him in. A Jeff Pawlik base knock drove in Sinish for the 7-5 advantage.
• For the game, Pawlik led the way with a three-hit performance. Sinish had a pair of hits and drove in four runs. Sinish and Yoder each crossed home twice in the victory.
• Drue Young got the start and struck out six in 5.0 innings of work. Gibson Adema worked one-third of an inning before Caleb Olsen tossed the final 3.2 frames with three strikeouts to pick up the victory.

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Grace scored two runs in the bottom of the first and that marked the lone two runs in the game.
• In the first and second innings, the Wildcats had runners on third base – and in the second it was with less than two outs. 
• Pawlik reached on a walk in the fourth but was forced out. Engelsman, who had reached on an error, swiped second. A sacrifice bunt put Engelsman and Willard, who had reached on an infield single, into scoring position. However, both were left stranded.
• Darien Pugh doubled to right field in the fifth and moved to third but a pop-up ended the threat. Two were left stranded in the sixth.
• For the game, Pugh and Willard had two hits apiece. Engelsman and Pugh each had doubles. Carson Gibson also notched a base knock while Pawlik walked twice. 
• Brock Buckley worked five innings and struck out six. Brennan Morehead had retired the side with strikeouts in the sixth.

  

NEXT TIME OUT

 

•  IWU returns to action tomorrow when they host the Lancers for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
• Links for tickets, video and stats are available at IWUWildcats.com.

 

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