BOURBANNAIS, Ill. – The No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan baseball team won a 15-11 slugfest over Olivet Nazarene Tuesday afternoon.

 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

        • Location: Bourbonnais, Ill.
        • Records: IWU 8-5 I ONU – 3-14
        • Game Score: IWU def. ONU – 15-11
        • NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #14 I ONU – Unranked

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• IWU jumped on top with seven runs in the top of the first frame. Nick Wiley started things off with a two-RBI single. An error allowed Luke Roman to cross home. Another error put Zach Green on first base while Caleb Engelsman scored. Carson Gibson ripped a two-RBI single through the right side, driving in MJ Stavola and Mark Snowden. Darien Pugh's single plated Green for the seven-run margin.
• The Wildcats pushed the score to 8-0 when Snowden drove in Wiley in the second stanza. 
• ONU sliced the deficit to four with a four-run second, but IWU pushed across a run in the fourth off a wild pitch as Engelsman raced home. 
• The visitors added two runs in the sixth. Green scored on a fielder's choice before later scoring prior to a pick-off play. The home team scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth, tying the game at 11-11.  
• Green scored on an error in the eighth before Quinn Willard singled home Gibson and Pugh for a 14-11 edge. Roman's RBI single pushed the margin to 15-11.  
• Gibson led the way with three hits and two RBI. Green, Pugh, Stavola and Wiley had two hits each while Pugh, Wiley and Willard each knocked in two runs. Green and Pugh crossed home three times apiece.  
• Eight Wildcats saw time on the mound in the victory. Cam LaFuze got the win. He and Austin Bahmer led the way with two strikeouts apiece. 

  

NEXT TIME OUT

 

• The Wildcats return to action Thursday when they host Marian University in a CRL doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.
• Links for video and stats are available at IWUWildcats.com.

 

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