Baseball Splits the Series to the Statesmen with Game Four Victory

Lamoni, Iowa – The Graceland University Baseball team took on the William Penn University Statesmen in a four-game series. The Yellowjackets fell to the Statesmen in game three 32-17 and would claim game four 10-4.

Season Record: Graceland 13-22; 7-11 | William Penn 21-14; 9-11

Series Results:
Game 1: Graceland 3 | William Penn 11
Game 2: Graceland 9 | William Penn 8 – Eight Innings
Game 3: Graceland 17 | William Penn 32
Game 4: Graceland 10 | William Penn 4

Game 3: Graceland 17 | William Penn 32
The Scoring – Game 3
T1 – William Penn would get on the board first, adding four runs; a Graceland wild pitch, a ground out, and a double contributed (GU:0 | WP: 4)
T2 – Four William Penn would score from a single and a three-run home run (GU:0 | WP: 8)
B2 – The Yellowjackets would bring two runs from a Kamaehu Sanchez drilled single to center field to score Skyler Harris. Keith Whitaker drove a triple to left field to bring in Ethan Balogh (GU:2 | WP: 8)
B3 – JD Woodruff grounded into a double play, and Zach Tanabe scored on the play (GU:3 | WP: 8)
T4 – The Statesmen would have an offensive inning adding ten runs; two doubles, two singles and a Yellowjacket wild pitch (GU:3 | WP: 18)
B4 – Two Graceland runs would score; Keith Whitaker drove a double down the left field line, and Austin Wheeler would cross home plate. Jacob Lopez would bring in Skyler Harris from a single to center field (GU:6 | WP: 18)
T5 – The Statesmen would push four runs across home plate with two RBI singles and a Graceland error (GU:6 | WP: 22)
B5 – Diego Hernandez would step to the plate and drive a solo homerun over the left field fence (GU:7 | WP: 22)
T6 – William Penn would add six runs; a bases loaded walk and a grand slam (GU:7 | WP: 28)
B6 – Nicolas Boscan singled to center field to push Darwin Marquez home (GU:8 | WP: 28)
T7 – A series of singles and a walk would add four runs to the Statemen score (GU:8 | WP: 32)
B7 – Graceland would have an offensive inning closing the gap by adding nine runs. Trevor Yorges doubled down the right-field line; Gabriel Perez scored. A bases-loaded walk by Javin Stevenson would advance Travis Vaala's home. Yorges would score on a Statesmen wild pitch. Matt Klonsinski would cross home plate on a bases-loaded walk by Nicolas Boscan. Diego Hernandez drilled a single to right center to score Stevenson. Darwin Marquez would score on a Gabriel Perez single through the left side. On Yorges's second at-bat in the inning, he would single to the right field; Hernandez would score. A Statesmen wild pitch would score Perez.

Game 3 Individual Leaders
Felix Lopez would start the game on the mound and go 2.0 innings, facing 16 batters. Rafael Severino would come in next for 1.2 innings. Jacob Popovich would set to the mound for 0.1 innings and face seven batters. Gavin McLean would see the field for 1.2 innings. Thiago Telles would pitch 0.1 innings, and Simon Victoriano would close the game.
The Yellowjackets had 18 hits, led by five Yellowjackets with two hits.Hits produced; 2B: Keith Whitaker, Darwin Marquez, Trevor Yorges | 3B: Keith Whitaker
HR: Diego Hernandez | RBI: Keith Whitaker (2), Javin Stevenson, Jacob Lopez (2), Nicolas Boscan (2), Diego Hernandez (2), Gabriel Perez, Travis Vaala, Trevor Yorges (2), Kamaehu Sanchez | Sac Fly: Travis Vaala

Game 4: Graceland 10 | William Penn 4
The Scoring – Game 4
B1 – The Yellowjackets would get on the board first, collecting four runs; Elio Narvaez doubled to left center; Zach Tanabe scored. Jacob Lopez would cross home on a Bryan Paez double down the right-field line. Paez would score from JD Woodruff's single to right field (GU:4 | WP: 0)
B2 – Jacob Lopez would drive a single to center field to bring home Keith Whitaker (GU:5 | WP: 0)
B3 – Three Graceland runs would score; Bryan Paez and Austin Wheeler would score from the Keith Whitaker single to the left field (GU:8 | WP: 0)
B4 – Ethan Balogh drilled a singled to left center; Elio Narvaez would cross home plate (GU:9 | WP: 0)
B5 – Graceland would cap their scoring by adding one from the sacrifice fly by Zach Tanabe to bring in Javin Stevenson (GU:10 | WP: 0)
T7 – the Statesmen would get on the board to add four from a grand slam over the left field fence (GU:10 | WP: 4)

Game 4 Individual Leaders
Roger Camacho would start the game and get the win for the Yellowjackets; he would pitch 5.0 innings, facing 24 batters, allowing no runs on four hits. Jorge Diaz stepped to the mound for 1.1 innings, facing nine batters. Zach Tanabe would close the game and get the save by pitching 0.2 innings, allowing no runs on two hits, one strikeout and facing four batters.
The Yellowjackets had 14 hits, led by Bryan Paez (3) and Keith Whitaker (3)
Hits produced; 2B: Keith Whitaker, Zach Tanabe, Elio Narvaez, Bryan Paez | RBI: Keith Whitaker (2), Zach Tanabe (2), Jacob Lopez, Elio Narvaez, Bryan Paez (2), JD Woodruff, Ethan Balogh | Sac Fly: Zach Tanabe

Up Next:
Baseball will be back on Tuesday, April 11 when they host the Iowa Wesleyan University Tigers in a doubleheader. The first pitch is set for 1:00 pm.

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