FORT WAYNE, IND. - The Indiana Wesleyan baseball team earned a split with Saint Francis on Friday. It was a tale of two games for the WIldcats falling 19-3 in 7 innings in game one before responding with a 16-8 win in the nightcap. 

 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Fort Wayne, Ind.
• Records: IWU - 11-6 | USF - 9-12
• Game One Score: USF def. IWU 19-3
• Game Two Score: IWU def. USF 16-8

 

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• USF scored 4 runs in the first two innings before Trevor Vojtkofsky and Ty Mathews picked up RBIs in the 3rd to get IWU on the board.
• After scoring 2 in the 3rd, the Cougars scored 9 in the 4th to push their lead to 13. They added 4 more in the 5th before Kevin Corcoran pushed Mathews across with an RBI double in the 6th.
• The Wildcats only picked up 3 hits in the game.
• Five Wildcats saw time on the mound, combining for 3 strikeouts, 15 walks, 7 hits, and 15 earned runs.

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• IWU looked to erase game one from their memory early in game two as Trevor Vojtkofsky hit a 2 run homer in the 1st before Darien Pugh blasted a bases clearing grand slam in the same inning to give the WIldcats a 6-0 lead.
• Saint Francis got 1 run back in the bottom of the 1st, but Ty Mathews got in on the home run action in the 2nd with a 2 run bomb to push the lead to 8-1.
• USF scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 2nd before Darien Pugh hit his second homer of the game in the 3rd with a solo shot.
• IWU plated 3 in the 4th and 4 in the 6th to extend their lead to 16-3.
• The Cougars scored 5 in the 6th to try and get back into the game but it was too little too late with IWU winning 16-8.
• Darien Pugh went 2-4 with 2 runs, and 5 RBIs to go with his 2 home runs.
• Brock Buckley got the start on the mound and went 5.1 innings with 4 strikeouts, 6 hits, and 6 earned runs and picked up his 4th win of the season.

 

LOOKING AHEAD

 

• IWU wraps up the series with USF tomorrow in Fort Wayne at 1:00 PM.
• Live stats and video will be available at IWUWildcats.com.

 

NEXT HOME GAME

 

• The Wildcats return to Crandall Family Field on March 19th to face Indiana Tech at 4:00 PM.
• Live stats and video will be available at IWUWildcats.com.

 

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