Baseball Scratched by the Pride

Lamoni, Iowa – The Graceland University Baseball team competed at home in a four-game series against the Clarke (Iowa) University Pride. The Yellowjackets felling game one 9-5 and were scratched in game two 10-2.

Season Record: Graceland 8-15; 2-4 | Clarke 10-9; 3-3

Series Results:
Game 1: Graceland 5 | Clarke 9
Game 2: Graceland 2 | Clarke 10
Game 3: Tuesday, March 21 -1:00 pm
Game 4: Following game three

Game 1: Graceland 7 | Clarke 9
The Scoring – Game 1
T1 – The Pride would get on the board first, scoring two runs from an RBI single and a sacrifice fly (GU:0 |CU:2)
T2 – Three Clarke runs would cross the plate from a triple to score two and a double (GU:0 |CU:5)
B2 – Elio Narvaez's single to center field would bring home Jacob Lopez. Keith Whitaker reached on a Pride error to bring home Narvaez (GU:2|CU:5)
T4 – Clarke added two runs from an RBI double and single (GU:2|CU:7)
B4 – The Yellowjackets would bring in two runs from a Keith Whitaker base-loaded walk to push Austin Wheeler across the plate. A Pride catcher interference would bring home Elio Narvaez (GU:4|CU:7)
T5 – The Pride would cap their scoring by bringing in two runs from a single and a stolen base (GU:4|CU:9)
B5 – Jacob Lopez drilled the ball over the leftfield fence for a solo homerun (GU:5|CU:9)

Game 1 Individual Leaders
Izaac Rabelo started the game, going 3.0 inning; he faced 18 batters and had four strikeouts. Felix Lopez stepped to the mound for 1.2 innings, seeing 11 batters and getting three strikeouts. Jacob Popovich stepped to the mound for 0.1 innings and faced two batters to end the inning. Mason Krogsgaard would close the game in 2.0 innings.
The Yellowjackets had nine hits, led by Elio Narvaez
Hits produced; 2B: Zach Tanabe | HR: Jacob Lopez | RBI: Keith Whitaker (2), Jacob Lopez, Elio Narvaez

Game 2: Graceland 2 | Clarke 10
The Scoring – Game 2
T3 – Pride would drive a grand slam over the left field fence (GU:0|CU:4)
B3 – Bryan Paez would bring in two runs from a drilled single to centerfield; Jacob Lopez and Skyler Harris would score (GU:2|CU:4)
T4 – Two Clarke runs would score from a balk and a double to the left center (GU:2|CU:6)
T7 – The Pride would cap their scoring by adding four from back to back, two run homerun's over the left field fence (GU:2|CU:10)

Game 2 Individual Leaders
Roger Camacho stepped to the mound for the start and went for 3.2 innings; he faced 21 batters. Rafael Severino would come in for 2.1 innings, faced 13 batters, had two strikeouts, allowed two hits, and had no runs. Jorge Diaz went into the game to close 1.0 innings; he faced seven batters.
The Yellowjackets had eight hits, led by Skyler Harris and Bryan Paez
Hits produced; 2B: Jacob Lopez | RBI: Bryan Paez (2) | Sac: Jacob Lopez

Up Next:
Baseball will be back on their home field on Tuesday, March 21 when they continue their four games series against the Clarke (Iowa) University Pride. First pitch of game three is set for 1:00 pm.

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