PELLA, Iowa (April 22, 2023) – Loras College baseball kept its hot streak rolling on Friday afternoon as the Duhawks opened up their weekend series at Central College with a 10-6 win to mark their ninth-straight victory in American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play.

The Duhawks (21-10, 12-4 A-R-C) went back-and-forth with the Dutch (11-18, 5-11 A-R-C) for a while during the series opener, but Loras spread its 10 runs out across seven different innings to outpace Central down the stretch.

Central got on the scoreboard first with a pair of runs on three hits in the bottom of the first against Loras senior starter Davis Pasco. Pasco's shaky first inning could have been even worse, but the senior nabbed a strikeout with the bases loaded to limit the damage.

The Dutch would go scoreless for the next two innings while the Duhawks tied the score with one run in each the second and third innings. A bases-loaded walk for senior Mitch Gruber started the scoring for Loras before an RBI single for freshman Cody Sunny knotted the score in the third inning.

Four hits and a pair of Duhawk errors helped Central reclaim the lead with a three-run fourth inning, but Loras responded right back with a four-run top of the fifth that started a string of five straight innings in which the Duhawks scored at least one run. Sophomore Max McCallum bookended a four-hit inning with a two-out, two-run single that sent Loras back in front with a 6-5 lead.

After Central tied the score at 6-6 in the bottom of the fifth, the Duhawks scored one in each of the remaining four innings to steadily pull away with a 10-6 victory. Tyler Pransky, Dakota Church, and Daniel Rogers each tallied RBI hits during the late innings as Church and Rogers' hits each went for extra bases.

Sophomore Danny Hiemer helped limit the damage in the fourth inning and went on to earn the win after tossing 2.2 innings in relief. Freshman TJ Boyd earned the save by pitching the final three innings and allowing just three hits and no runs over that span.

Loras and Central conclude the three-game series with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 22, with game one beginning at 12 P.M.