MARION, IND. - The Indiana Wesleyan baseball team took a split with Marian on Friday, falling 15-1 in game one and taking game two 7-3. In game two Brock Buckley put together a dominant performance from the mound, going 5.1 innings and fanning a career high 11 batters.


 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Marion, Ind.
• Records: IWU - 18-8, 13-5 | MU - 15-14, 11-7
• Game One Score: MU def. IWU 15-1
• Game Two Score: IWU def. MU 7-3

 

 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Marian set the tone for the first game with a solo home run in the first which sparked a 3 run rally with 2 outs in the inning.
• The Knights built their lead to 6 before a Nick WIley home run put IWU on the board in the 5th.
• That would be the only run for IWU as MU finished the game with 9 runs in the 6th and 7th innings.
• Wiley was the only Wildcat to record multiple hits, going 2-3 and scored the only run.
• Noah Wathen, Charlie Baker, and Gibson Adema split time on the mound allowing 10 hits and 14 earned runs with 11 strikeouts.

 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

• Caleb Engelsman drove Greg Vineyard across in the first inning and later scored Ty Mathews who scored on the throw of Engelsman's stolen base to give IWU a 2-0 lead.
• The Knights put 3 runs across in the 2nd, taking a 3-2 lead.
• Mathews drove in Vineyard and Kyle Wu in the bottom of the 2nd to regain the lead for IWU. Darien Pugh scored Engelsman with a triple later in the inning.
• A deep shot from Mathews in the 5th added an insurance run for the Wildcats.
• Ty Mathews went 2-3 with 4 RBIs and scored twice. Kyle Wu went 2-2 and scored twice.
• Brock Buckley put together a career day on the mound, striking out a career high 11 batters in just 5.1 innings.

 

NEXT HOME GAME

 

• The Wildcats are back in action at Crandall Family Field tomorrow to wrap up the series with Marian at 1:00 PM.
• Live stats and video will be available at IWUWildcats.com.

 

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