UPLAND, Ind. – The Indiana Wesleyan baseball team split a doubleheader at No. 18 Taylor Friday evening. IWU picked up a 6-4 victory before Taylor picked up the 4-3 win in the nightcap. 
 
 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Upland, Ind. | Winterholter Field
• Records: IWU - 26-10, 20-6 | MVNU - 28-12, 21-5
• Game One Score: IWU def. TU 6-4
• Game Two Score: TU def. IWU 4-3
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - RV | MVNU - 18

 

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Down 1-0 in the second, Nick Wiley singled to left field, but was erased on a fielder's choice. Colin Yoder entered as a pinch runner and moved to third on Carson Gibson's double to left field. MJ Stavola's infield single drove in Yoder, tying the contest at 1-1. 
• Greg Vineyard ripped a one-out pitch to left field in the fourth and moved to second when Trevor Vojtkofsky was hit by a pitch. Gibson lifted a fly ball to right field as Vineyard scored, giving the team a 2-1 edge.
• Taylor plated three runs in the bottom of the fourth stanza for a 4-2 lead. 
• IWU knotted the game in the sixth. Vojtkofsky registered a solo round-tripper over the right field fence. After Stavola was hit by a pitch and stole second, he raced home on Andrew Sinish's single to left field. 
• The Wildcats' offense got going in the seventh when Caleb Engelsman doubled down the right field line. After moving to third on a passed ball, Wiley drew a walk. Vineyard's single through the left side of the defense made it 5-4. Vojtkofsky followed it up with an RBI single to left field, driving in Wiley for a 6-4 margin, which proved to be more than enough as the bullpen closed the door on the Trojans. 
• For the game, Engelsman, Luke Roman, Vineyard and Vojtkofsky had two hits apiece. Vojtkofsky also had two RBI.
• Drue Young worked six innings to pick up the win. He gave up four runs, but only two were earned, on four hits with seven strikeouts. Cam LaFuze threw a scoreless seventh stanza while Will Eldridge tossed the final two innings for the save. Eldridge recorded two strikeouts.

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 


 

• In the top of the first, Sinish and Roman drew back-to-back walks. They moved up 90 feet on a wild pitch. Two batters later, Vineyard garnered a base hit to right field, knocking in both runners for a 2-0 advantage. 
• Taylor tied the contest in the fourth and took a 3-2 lead with a run in the fifth stanza.
• The Wildcats' Vineyard drew a walk to lead off the seventh inning. Wiley's infield single pushed Vineyard to second base. After a sacrifice bunt, Vojtkofsky entered as a pinch hitter and promptly tied the game with a sacrifice fly. However, the Trojans recorded a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh for the 4-3 win.  
• For the game, Vineyard recorded a hit, drove in two and scored while Wiley posted a single. Vojtkofsky knocked in a run while Roman, Sinish and Vineyard all crossed home plate. 
• On the mound, Brock Buckley tossed five innings. He had eight strikeouts and gave up three runs on six hits. Brennan Morehead worked an inning and gave up a run. 

NEXT TIME OUT

 

• The Wildcats return to action tomorrow when they play a doubleheader at Taylor University starting at 1 p.m. 
• Live stats and video will be available at IWUWildcats.com.

 

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