Knights Split Doubleheader Against Loras

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By North Iowa Reporter Reports

Mar 27, 2023

WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg baseball took game one of today's American Rivers Conference doubleheader 3-1 over Loras, but the Duhawks edged Wartburg in the second game 2-1 on Saturday, Mar. 25. The Knights move to 6-6 overall and 1-2 in A-R-C play after its opening A-R-C series.

Game Summary

Game One
- Loras got on the scoreboard first after a bases loaded sacrifice fly brought in one run in the top of the first inning
- The Knights left three runners stranded between the first two innings and the score remained 1-0 Loras
- Neither team put any runs across through the next three innings and the score was 1-0 Loras through five innings
- Wartburg got on the board in the bottom of the sixth after Caleb Andrews had a leadoff walk and was brought home by a Zach Walton stand up double to tie it at 1-1
  - Cole Wessling tacked on another run with a sacrifice fly that gave the Knights a 2-1 lead after six innings
- The Knights added another run in the seventh after a sacrifice fly from Eliot Jurgensen
Game Two
- In game two it was the Knights who got on the board early, when a Noah Day sacrifice fly scored Sam Nicolino for the first run of the game in the bottom of the second
  - Loaded bases to begin second inning
- Both starting pitchers, Nick Nin and Ryan Wohlers, allowed just two hits each through four innings
- Loras tied the game up in the top of the fifth after an error brought in a run
- The Duhawks added another run in the sixth after a fielders choice brought in a run to make the score 2-1 after six innings
- Wartburg got its first hit since the third inning in the bottom of the ninth, but it wasn't enough to tie it up and Loras held on to win 2-1