Baseball Ends Day One Even with the Statemen

Lamoni, Iowa – The Graceland University Baseball team took the William Penn University Statesmen in a four-game series. The Yellowjackets fell to the Statesmen in game one 11-3 and would claim game two 9-8 in the eight.

Season Record: Graceland 12-21; 6-10 | William Penn 19-14; 8-10

Series Results:
Game 1: Graceland 3 | William Penn 11
Game 2: Graceland 9 | William Penn 8 – Eight Innings
Game 3: Saturday, April 8 – 1:00 pm
Game 4: Following Game Three

Game 1: Graceland 3 | William Penn 11
The Scoring – Game 3
B1 – The Yellowjackets were able to get on the board with a JD Woodruff single to right center to score both Jacob Lopez and Keith Whitaker (GU:2 | WP: 0)
T2 – The Statesmen would add one run from an RBI single (GU:2 | WP: 1)
B3 – A Zach Tanabe would cross home plate from his solo homerun (GU:3 | WP: 1)
T4 – Five William Penn runs would score from two RBI doubles and a Yellowjacket error (GU:3 | WP: 6)
T5 – The Statesmen would add four runs from a sacrifice bunt, and flyout and a single (GU:3 | WP: 10)
T7 – William Penn would cap their scoring by adding one from a single to shortstop (GU:3 | WP: 11)

Game 1 Individual Leaders
Izaac Rabelo stepped to the mound for 3.1 innings, facing 18 batters. Mason Krogsgaard would come in next for 1.2 innings and faced 12 batters. Jacob Popovich would set in to close, going 2.0 innings and saw nine batters.
The Yellowjackets had seven hits, led by Jacob Lopez and JD Woodruff
Hits produced; HR: Zach Tanabe | RBI: Zach Tanabe, JD Woodruff (2)
Stolen Bases; Keith Whitaker

Game 2: Graceland 9 | William Penn 8 – Eight Innings
The Scoring – Game 2
B1 – The Yellowjackets would get on the board from a Jacob Lopez bunt to score Keith Whitaker (GU:1 | WP: 0)
T3 – The Statesmen would add one from a sacrifice fly to the left field (GU:1 | WP: 1)
B4 – Three Graceland runs would score; a Skyler Harris single to the center field would score Austin Wheeler. Harris would cross the plate on an Ethan Balogh single to right field. Kato Dougan would touch home plate from a Keith Whitaker single to center field (GU:4 | WP: 1)
T5 – William Penn would have a homerun and an RBI single to bring in two (GU:4 | WP: 3)
T6 – Two runs would be added with a Statement RBI single and a Yellowjacket error (GU:4 | WP: 5)
B6 – The Yellowjackets would bring in three. A Kamaehu Sanchez sacrifice fly to right field would score Darwin Marquez. Gabriel Perez would score on the single to right field by Keith Whitaker, and Whitaker would score on a Statemen wild pitch (GU:7 | WP: 5)
T7 – William Penn would add two to tie the game to go into extra innings from an RBI single and a Graceland wild pitch (GU:7 | WP: 7)
T8 – The Statesmen would take the lead on a single to left field (GU:7 | WP: 8)
B9 – The Yellowjackets would cap their scoring by adding two. Javin Stevenson would score on a William Penn wild pitch. Austin Wheeler's walk-off single to right center would end the game, and Jacob Lopez would step on home plate (GU:9 | WP: 8)

Game 2 Individual Leaders
Elio Narvaez would get the win; he went 4.2 innings, faced 24 batters and had six strikeouts. Stephen Eskridge would step to the mound for 2.1 innings, facing 15 batters, and had two strikes. Stephen Eskridge would close the game in 1.0 innings, facing four batters and having two strikeouts.
The Yellowjackets had ten hits, led by Keith Whitaker (3)
Hits produced; 2B: Austin Wheeler | RBI: Keith Whitaker (2), Jacob Lopez, Austin Wheeler, Skyler Harris, Kamaehu Sanchez | Sac: Keith Whitaker, JD Woodruff | Sac Fly: Kamaehu Sanchez

Up Next:
Baseball will continue its four-game series against the William Penn University Statesmen on Saturday, April 8. The first pitch of game three is set for 1:00 pm.

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