Baseball Sweeps Day Two at the Joplin Invite; Defeating the Trojans and the Falcons
Joplin, Mo. – The Graceland University Baseball team took on the Dakota State University Trojans and the Kansas Christian College Falcons. The Yellowjackets defeated the Trojans 3-2. The Yellowjackets took down the Falcons, 4-1.
Season Record: Graceland 5-2 | Dakota State (7-1)
Game 1: Graceland 2 | Dakota State 1
The Scoring – Game 1
T1 – The Yellowjackets would put one on the board with a Zach Tanabe single to center field; Keith Whitaker (single) scored (GU: 1 | DSU: 0)
B2 – The Trojans would cross one at home plate from a Yellowjackets error (GU: 1 | DSU: 1)
T4 – Elio Narvaez (double) would score on a JD Woodruff at-bat with a Dakota State error (GU: 2 | DSU: 1)
Game 1 Individual Leaders
Rafael Severino started for the Yellowjackets, going 5.0 innings and facing 23 batters with eight strikeouts. Stephen Eskridge would close the game at the mount and earn the save for 2.0 innings, facing six batters with five strikeouts.
The Yellowjackets had four hits, led by Four Yellowjackets
Hits produced: 2B: Elio Narvaez | RBI: Zach Tanabe | Sac: Jacob Lopez, Trevor Yorges
Season Record: Graceland 6-2| Kansas Christian 0-5
Game 2: Graceland 4 | Kansas Christian 1
The Scoring – Game 2
B2 – Trevor Yorges would bring home JD Woodruff (single) on a drilled single to the left field. Yorges would score on a Falcon wild pitch (GU: 2 |KCC: 0)
B3 – One Graceland run would score from an Elio Narvaez double to left center; Zach Tanabe (single) would score (GU: 3 |KCC: 0)
T4 – The Falcons would add one run from a single down the right field line (GU: 3 |KCC: 1)
B4 – Jacob Lopez drilled a ball down the left field line to bring in Trevor Yorges (double) (GU: 4 |KCC: 1)
Game 2 Individual Leaders
Gabriel Perez started for the Yellowjackets for the win and went 7.0 innings, facing 25 batters with four strikeouts.
The Yellowjackets had eight hits, led by Trevor Yorges (3)
Hits produced: 2B: Elio Narvaez, Trevor Yorges (2) | RBI: Jacob Lopez, Elio Narvaez, Trevor Yorges
Baserunning; SB: Randy Diaz, Zach Tanabe, JD Woodruff, Jake Bigham
Fielding; Double Plays: Jacob Lopez, Zach Tanabe, JD Woodruff, Trevor Yorges (2)
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