Baseball Stung the Blue Hawks; Taken Down by the Warriors
Parkville, Mo. – The Graceland University Baseball team travelled to Parkville, Mo., competing against Dickinson State University Blue Hawks and the Midland (Neb.) University Warriors. The Yellowjackets defeated the Blue Hawks and fell to the Warriors
Season Record: Graceland 3-5 | Dickinson State 3-6
Game 1: Graceland 3 | Dickinson State 2
The Scoring – Game 1
B1 – The Blue Hawks would add two from a RbI single to right field (GU: 0 | DSU: 2)
T3 – Javin Stevenson would pinch run for Kamaehu Sanchez, who got on base from a single to center. Stevenson would score on a Blue Hawk wild pitch (GU: 1 | DSU: 2)
T5 – Skyler Harris would single to right center and cross the plate from the Zach Tanabe RBI single to left field. Blue Hawks would hit Jacob Lopez to bring in Bryan Paez (hit-by-pitch) (GU: 3 | DSU: 2)
Game 1 Individual Leaders
Izaac Rabelo went 6.0 innings for the win; he faced 21 batters for five strikeouts. Stephen Eskridge came in for one inning, striking all three batters he faced.
The Yellowjackets had five hits, led by Kamaehu Sanchez
Hits produced; RBI: Zach Tanabe, Jacob Lopez | Sac: Keith Whitaker
Stolen Bases; Jacob Lopez
Season Record: Graceland 3-6 | Midland (Neb.) 2-4
Game 2: Graceland 7 | Midland (Neb.) 12
The Scoring – Game 2
T1 – The Warriors started on the board and added four off an RBI double and two singles (GU:0 | MU:4)
B1 – The Yellowjackets would answer and add two with a Zach Tanabe two-run homerun (GU:2 | MU:4)
T3 – A Midland homerun would add one run (GU:2 | MU:5)
B3 – Gabriel Perez would score off the Warrior left field error on the drilled ball from Matt Klosinsk (GU:3 | MU:5)
T4 – The Warriors would add six off a three-run RBI homerun, a Yellowjackets error and an RBI single (GU:3 | MU:11)
T6 – Midland would cap their scoring by adding one off an RBI single (GU:3 | MU:12)
B6 – JD Woodruff would drive the ball to left field to bring in Javin Stevenson (GU:4 | MU:12)
B7 – Graceland would end their scoring by bringing in three runs. Darwin Marquez tripled to left field to score Tyler Bruner and Skyler Harris. Marquez would cross the plate by Travis Vaala's single to left field (GU:7 | MU:12)
Game 2 Individual Leaders
Felix Lopez went 3.0 innings, facing 15 batters, producing three strikeouts. Gavin McLean came in for one inning, and Jorge Diaz went 3.0 inning, facing 13 batters with four strikeouts.
The Yellowjackets had eight hits led by JD Woodruff
Hits produced; 2B: Javin Stevenson | 3B: Darwin Marquez | HR: Zach Tanabe | RBI: Darwin Marquez (2), Zach Tanabe (2), Travis Vaala, JD Woodruff
Up Next:
Baseball will be back on Saturday, February 26 to take on the Dickinson State University Blue Hawks and the Midland (Neb.) University Warriors. The Yellowjackets take on the Blue Hawks at 1:30 pm. In game two, they take on the Warriors the first pitch is at 4:00 pm.
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