Box Score LIBERTY, Mo. – The William Jewell baseball team opened up their 2024 season at home with a 9-5 loss against the Northern State University Wolves, the first of a four game series at Fred Flook Field at Talley Stadium.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After allowing a run in the top of the first inning, junior Evan Jilbert blasted a two-run home run to right field in his first at-bat of the season to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead.
- With a single-run deficit in the bottom of the third, a wild-pitch scored Jordan Phillips to knot the game up at three runs each.
- The Wolves plated six runs between the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings to going into the final frame when freshman Charlie Rambo inherited, and pitched himself out of, a bases-loaded situation in the ninth to keep the score 9-3 headed to the bottom.
- After an Alex Epp double in the top of the ninth, Jilbert notched his second two-run homer of the day to bring Jewell within four, but the Cardinals were unable to finish the comeback.
KEY STATS
- In his first game in a Cardinal uniform, Jilbert collected two home runs and four RBI's, accounting for 80% of the Jewell runs.
- Epp went 3-5, including a double, and a run.
- Redshirt Junior Chandler Ashby who got the start received his first loss of the season after 5.2 IP, allowing four runs on five hits.
UP NEXT
The Cardinals will continue their 2024 season-opening series against Northern State on Saturday with a doubleheader at Talley Stadium, start times are slated for 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
