Baseball Splits to Viterbo on Day Two
Lamoni, Iowa. – The Graceland University Baseball team competed in their home opener against the Viterbo University V-Hawks. The Yellowjackets took game three with a score of 10-3 and were defeated in game four 5-6. The Yellowjackets take the seier 3-1 to the V-Hakes.
Season Record: Graceland 6-9 | Viterbo 1-11
Series Results:
Game 1: Graceland 7 | Viterbo 6
Game 2: Graceland 13 | Viterbo 9
Game 3: Graceland 10 | Viterbo 3
Game 4: Graceland 5 | Viterbo 6
The Scoring – Game 1
B1 – The Yellowjackets would get on the board first with a Zach Tanabe single to bring home Skyler Harris (GU: 1 | VU: 0)
T3 – The V-Hawks would add two from a fielder's choice error and a sacrifice fly (GU: 1 | VU: 2)
B3 – JD Woodruff would drive a double to left center to bring home Zach Tanabe and Travis Vaala (GU: 3| VU: 2)
B4 – The Yellowjackets would add two more runs from an Austin Wheeler double down the left field line to bring home Trevor Yorges, and Wheeler would score on a failed pickoff by the V-Hawks to Skyler Harris on first base (GU: 5| VU: 2)
B5 – Bryan Paez drilled a double down the right-field line to bring in Jacob Lopez and Javin Stevenson. A sacrifice fly by Travis Vaala would score Paez. Trevor would cross the plate on a V-Hawk wild pitch (GU: 9| VU: 2)
B6 – Graceland would cap their scoring with Zach Tanabe crossing the plate from a wild pitch and a Viterbo error (GU: 10| VU: 2)
T7 – Viterbo would add one run on a Graceland wild pitch (GU: 10| VU: 3)
Game 1 Individual Leaders
Roger Camacho got the win by going 5.0 innings; he faced 21 batters, allowing two runs and had five strikeouts. Jorge Diaz came in for 2.0 innings, faced eight batters and allowed one hit and one run.
The Yellowjackets had nine hits, led by JD Woodruff
Hits produced; 2B: JD Woodruff (2), Bryan Paez, Austin Wheeler | RBI: Zach Tanabe, JD Woodruff (2), Bryan Paez (2), Austin Wheeler, Travis Vaala | Sac: Skyler Harris | Sac Fly: Travis Vaala
Game 2: Graceland 5 | Viterbo 6
The Scoring – Game 2
T1 – The V-Hawks would put one on the board from a Graceland error (GU: 0 | VU: 1)
B1 – A RBI single from Bryan Paez would score Skyler Harris (GU: 1 | VU: 1)
B4 – Graceland would add two runs from an Austin Wheeler single to bring in Skyler Harris, and a wild pitch on the walk of Payne Pfeiffer would bring in Wheeler (GU: 3 | VU: 1)
B5 – JD Woodruff double to right center would send Jacob Lopez home (GU: 4 | VU: 1)
T6 – The V-Hawks would add six runs off of a couple of RBI singles, a couple of walks and a Graceland error (GU: 4 | VU: 6)
B6 – The Yellowjackets would cap their scoring by adding one from the RBI fielder's choice from Trevor Yorges to score Tyler Brunner (GU: 5 | VU: 6)
Game 2 Individual Leaders
Elio Narvaez went in for 5.0 innings, faced 22 batters with four strikeouts and allowed just two hits. Felix Lopez would make a 0.1-inning appearance at the mound. Zach Tanabe would step in for a 1.2-inning game at the mound, facing ten batters and allowing one run.
The Yellowjackets had seven hits, led by Bryan Paez
Hits produced; 2B: JD Woodruff, Bryan Paez, Austin Wheeler | RBI: JD Woodruff, Bryan Paez, Austin Wheeler, Trevor Yorges | Sac: Jacob Lopez, Darwin Marquez
Stolen Bases; Jacob Lopez
Up Next:
Baseball will be back on for their conference opener on Saturday, March 11, when they hit the road to take on the Missouri Valley University Vikings in a four-game series. Game one will kick off at 1:00 pm.
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