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Winner Wartburg College WARBB 10-7, 1-0 IIAC
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Loras LORM 8-9, 2-2 IIAC
Winner
Wartburg College WARBB
10-7, 1-0 IIAC
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Final
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Loras LORM
8-9, 2-2 IIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wartburg College WARBB 1 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 9 12 1
Loras LORM 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 1

W: Gilson (4-1) L: Schwind, Brad (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Duhawks Drop Series Opener to Wartburg

WAVERLY, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - The Loras baseall team opened its weekend series against Wartburg on Friday, falling 9-4 to drop to 2-2 in conference play. Junior Danny Weis continued his rampant start to the season at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a RBI double and a run scored while sophomore Jake Oglesby blasted a pinch-hit two-run homer in the ninth.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
  • With a man on second and two outs, Jacob Thumann doubled to center field to give the Knights the 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
  • The Knights had the bases loaded in the top half of the third and brought home two runs via a single and a ground out. 
  • In the next half inning, senior Luke Leibforth hit an infield single that scored sophomore Austin Konagel before he was brought around after a double by Weis.
  • Wartburg opened a significant lead in the top of the fourth, piecing together a four-hit, four-run rally, which began with a leadoff home run. 
  • The Knights tacked on two more runs to take a 9-2 lead, scoring in the sixth and seventh inning. 
  • In his lone at bat of the night, sophomore Jake Oglesby got two runs back for Loras in the bottom of the eighth with a pinch hit two-run home run to right field, cutting the deficit to five at 9-4, which was where the game ended.

NOTABLES
  • Oglesby recorded his first collegiate home run
  • Weis has reached base safely in each of his last 16 games, the longest by and Duhawk this season
  • The junior also passed the 50-hit mark for his career and has 27 this season
  • Leibforth and Konagel each moved their hitting streaks to five 
  • As a team, Loras was 5-for-14 with two outs at the plate, compared to 2-for-11 for the Knights

FRIEDMAN GROUP PLAYER OF THE GAME
Danny Weis I The right fielder continued his strong start to the season at the plate, ripping off three hits in four plate appearances on Friday. Weis collected his 11th RBI and fifth double of the season.

UP NEXT
The Duhawks return to the diamond on Saturday, April 1, for a doubleheader to wrap up the weekend series against the Knights. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 12 p.m. Baseball fans can follow along on Twitter (@LorasBaseball) for in-game updates.