Baseball Takes Series Victory Over the Vikings

Des Moines, Iowa – The Graceland University Baseball team competed on the road in a four-game series against Grand View University Vikings. The Yellowjackets fell to the Vikings in game three 7-1 and would claim game four 2-1.

Season Record: Graceland 11-20; 5-9 | Grand View 16-8; 4-7

Series Results:
Game 1: Graceland 10 | Grand View 8
Game 2: Graceland 10 | Grand View 8
Game 3: Graceland 1 | Grand View 7
Game 4: Graceland 2 | Grand View 1

Game 1: Graceland 1 | Grand View 7
The Scoring – Game 3
T1 – The Yellowjackets got on the board with a ground out from Kamaehu Sanchez; Keith Whitaker scored (GU:1 | GV: 0)
B5 – The Vikings added two runs from a double and a sacrifice fly to center field (GU:1 | GV: 2)
B6 – Grand View would cap their scoring by adding five runs; on a bases-loaded walk, a balk and a pair of Yellowjacket errors (GU:1 | GV: 7)

Game 3 Individual Leaders
Roger Camacho would step to the mound in 5.2 innings; he faced 27 batters and had two strikeouts. Jorge Diaz closed the game on the mound for 0.1 innings and faced three batters.
The Yellowjackets had five hits, led by Keith Whitaker and Zach Tanabe
Hits produced; Sac: Kamaehu Sanchez
Stolen Bases: Zach Tanabe

Game 4: Graceland 2 | Grand View 1
The Scoring – Game 2
T5 – The Yellowjackets would add two runs from a Keith Whitaker single to bring home Austin Wheeler, and Zach Tanabe would drill a groundout to shortstop to push Javin Stevenson across the plate (GU:2 | GV: 0)
B5 – The Vikings would cap their scoring with one from a sacrifice fly to right field plate (GU:2 | GV: 1)

Game 4 Individual Leaders
Felix Lopez would get the win; he went 4.2 innings, faced 19 batters and had four strikeouts. Mason Krogsgaard would step to the mound for 1.1 innings and faced five batters. Zach Tanabe would get the save and close the game for 1.0 innings and faced four batters.
The Yellowjackets had 13 hits, led by Zach Tanabe (5)
Hits produced; 2B: Bryan Paez | RBI: Keith Whitaker, Zach Tanabe | Sac: Elio Narvaez
Fielding: Double Plays; Jacob Lopez, Bryan Paez, Zach Tanabe

Up Next:
Baseball will be back on their home field on Friday, April 7, when they host the William Penn University Statesmen. The first pitch of game one is set for 1:00 pm.

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