LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell baseball team put up seven early runs and played clean defense on their way to an 8-2 victory over Truman on Tuesday afternoon in non-conference action. The Cardinals move to 27-14 on the season, marking their most wins since 2017. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• With two on in the early going, Cole Conner put a double down the right field line to score the game's first runs. Drew Reed followed with a line out sacrifice fly to score another and give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead. 
• Truman got one run back with a solo home run to lead off the second frame but the Cards got one of their own, a three-run shot, off the batt of Cameron Fliege to push the lead to five. 
• Another solo home run from the Bulldogs made it a 6-2 game before Jake Wilcox's sac fly scored Chase Elias in the third. 
• In the bottom of the eighth, Fliege hit his second big fly of the day, this time a solo shot, to bring the score to the final. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Fliege finished 2-for-4 at the plate, both home runs, with four RBI and three runs. 
• Alex Epp and Ryan Dickerson also added two hits.
• Anthony Hansen scored twice and had one hit, the 186th of his career, becoming the NCAA era leader. 
• Levi Ebersoldt (2-2) tossed the complete game, allowing just two earned runs on four hits with three strikeouts. 

UP NEXT
Jewell is back on the road this weekend as they travel to McKendree for a four game series.