Baseball Evened with William Woods After Double Header

Joplin, Mo. – The Graceland University Baseball team took on the William Wood University Owls. The Yellowjackets were defeated by the Owls 11-4. The Yellowjackets took down the Owls, 4-3.

Season Record: Graceland 7-2 | William Woods 6-4
Game 1: Graceland 4 | William Woods 11
Game 2: Graceland 4 | William Woods 3

Game 1: Graceland 4 | William Woods 11
The Scoring – Game 1
B1 – The Owls would add three runs from a single and a bases load walk (GU: 0 | WWU: 3)
B2 – Three runs would come in on a sac fly, a catcher error and a stolen base (GU: 0 | WWU: 6)
B3 – A homerun and a pair of singles would bring in three runs (GU: 0 | WWU: 9)
T4 – Trevor Yorges would bring in JD Woodruff from a double to right field (GU: 1 | WWU: 9)
B4 – One Owl run would cross home plate from a sac fly (GU: 1 | WWU: 10)
T6 – Juan Guzman scores Jake Bigham from a sac fly out to center field (GU: 2 | WWU: 10)
B6 – A balk would score the last William Woods run (GU: 2 | WWU: 11)
T7 – Nick Boscan singled to left center, and Ramsel Jerez (walked) crossed home plate. Brian Knutsen (singled) would score on a Juan Guzman single (GU: 4 | WWU: 11)

Game 1 Individual Leaders
Izaac Rabelo started for the Yellowjackets, going 1.0 innings and facing ten batters with two strikeouts. Victor Leonardo, Kellen Cameron, Cade Witzke, Simon Victoriano, and Gavin McLean would enter the game for 1.0 innings.
The Yellowjackets had ten hits, led by ten Yellowjackets.
Hits produced: 2B: Trevor Yorges | RBI: Nicolas Boscan, Trevor Yorges, Juan Guzman (2) | Sac Fly: Juan Guzman

Game 2: Graceland 4 | William Woods 3
The Scoring – Game 2
B1 – Graceland would score four runs in the first inning. Zach Tanabe would drive a homerun over left center to score Jacob Lopez (single). Randy Diaz and Trevor Yorges would score from a William Pagan triple to right center (GU: 4 | WWU: 0)
T6 – The Owls would bring in two runs from a double down the left field line (GU: 4 | WWU: 2)
T7 – William Woods would close their scoring on a solo home run (GU: 4 | WWU: 3)

Game 2 Individual Leaders
Elio Narvaez started for the Yellowjackets for the win and 5.2 went innings, facing 22 batters with nine strikeouts. Stephen Eskridge would close the game for the save in 1.1 innings, facing six batters.
The Yellowjackets had eight hits, led by Jacob Lopez (2) and Trevor Yorges (2)
Hits produced: 2B: Jacob Lopez, Trevor Yorges | 3B: William Pagan | HR: Zach Tanabe | RBI: Zach Tanabe (2), William Pagan (2)

Up Next;
Baseball will return on Saturday, February 24, when they travel to Kansas City, Mo. IN game one, they will take one against the Waldorf University Warriors, followed by game two against Valley City State University Vikings. The first pitch is set for 12:30 pm, and two will follow at 5:30 pm.

-Yellowjackets-