Baseball Victorious on the Day at Joplin Invite, Defeating Northwestern and Viterbo

Joplin, Mo. – The Graceland University Baseball team took on the Northwestern College Raiders. The Yellowjackets defeated the raiders 7-3. Graceland would follow and compete against the Viterbo University V-Hawks. The Yellowjackets took down the V-Hawks, 3-2.

Season Record: Graceland 3-2 | Northwestern 2-3

Game 1: Graceland 7 | Northwestern 3
The Scoring – Game 1
T1 – Graceland would kick off the game, crossing two across the plate. Elio Narvaez singled to score Zach Tanabe (walk) and Keith Whitaker (double) (GU: 2 | NC: 0)
B2 – The Raiders would add one from a single (double) (GU: 2 | NC: 1)
T3 – Five Graceland runs would cross the plate. Elio Narvaez singled to bring Keith Whitaker (walk) and Jacob Lopez (walk) across the plate. Trevor Yorges would fly out, and Zach Tanabe (walk) would find home plate. Narvaez scored from a Randy Diaz single. Gabriel Perez would bring JD Woodruff home from a single (GU: 7 | NC: 1)
B7 – The Raiders would add two runs from back-to-back doubles (GU: 7 | NC: 3)

Game 1 Individual Leaders
Mason Krogsgaard started for the Yellowjackets, going 6.2 innings and facing 30 batters with five strikeouts. Thiago Telles would close the game at the mount for 0.1 innings, facing one batter and ending the game with a flyout.
The Yellowjackets had seven hits, led by Jacob Lopez (2)
Hits produced: 2B: Keith Whitaker, Jacob Lopez | RBI: Elio Narvaez (3), Trevor Yorges, Randy Diaz, Gabriel Perez | Sac: Jacob Lopez | Sac Fly: Trevor Yorges
Baserunning; SB: Keith Whitaker, Jacob Lopez, Zach Tanabe

Season Record: Graceland 4-2| Viterbo 1-8

Game 2: Graceland 3 | Viterbo 2
The Scoring – Game 2
T1 – Viterbo would get on the board with one run from a sac fly (GU: 0 |VU: 1)
B1 – Jacob Lopez would score Keith Whitaker (walk) from a double down the left-field line. Lopez would cross the plate from a Zach Tanabe double down the right field line (GU: 2 |VU: 1)
B3 – Graceland would add one run from a hard-hit ball from Zach Tanabe that caused a Viterbo error; Keith Whitaker would score on the error (GU: 3 |VU: 1)
T6 – The V-Hawks would find home plate from a single to center field to close the game by scoring (GU: 3 |VU: 2)

Game 2 Individual Leaders
Felix Lopez started for the Yellowjackets and went 4.2 innings, facing 20 batters with three strikeouts. Dylan Batista would set to the mound next for 0.2 innings, facing five batters. Stephen Eskridge would close the game and earn the save with 1.2 innings and three strikeouts.
The Yellowjackets had five hits, led by JD Woodruff (2)
Hits produced: 2B: Jacob Lopez, Zach Tanabe | RBI: Jacob Lopez, Zach Tanabe (2) | Sac: Trevor Yorges
Baserunning; SB: Keith Whitaker
Feilding; Double Plays: Jacob Lopez (2), Zach Tanabe (2), Trevor Yorges (2)

Up Next:
Baseball will return on Saturday, February 17, when they continue at the Joplin Invitational. The Yellowjackets will take on the Dakota State University Trojans in game three, starting at 3:30 pm. Game three will be at 6:00 pm when they take on the Kansas Christian College Falcons.

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