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Alex Epp
17
Winner William Jewell WILLIAM 22-17
9
Truman TRUMAN 11-29
Winner
William Jewell WILLIAM
22-17
17
Final
9
Truman TRUMAN
11-29
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
William Jewell WILLIAM 0 0 6 3 0 4 4 17 14 1
Truman TRUMAN 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 9 10 0

W: Sullivan, Jacob (4-1) L: B. Bruxvoort (0-2)

11
Winner William Jewell WILLIAM 23-17
9
Truman TRUMAN 11-30
Winner
William Jewell WILLIAM
23-17
11
Final
9
Truman TRUMAN
11-30
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
William Jewell WILLIAM 1 0 1 3 0 2 4 11 14 3
Truman TRUMAN 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 9 10 1

W: Hunt, Ryan (1-1) L: J. Guck (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Pair Of Grand Slams Give Jewell Two Wins Over Truman State

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The William Jewell baseball team walked away with two victories over Truman State University on Saturday afternoon in their conference doubleheader matchup. The first game left the Cardinals with a 17-9 win, while the nightcap handed the Bulldogs a two-run, 11-9 loss.
 

Game 1 (Jewell 17, Truman 9)
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Jewell would enter the third inning down by seven runs when Evan Jilbert would hit a three-run home run to cut the Bulldog lead to four.
  • Later in the inning another three-run homer, this time off of the bat of Dawson Tweet, pulled Jewell within one run.
  • The next inning a two-run triple from Jake Wilcox gave Jewell the lead 8-7 before Jilbert would tack on another with a groundout that scored Wilcox.
  • Truman would tie it at nine runs in the fifth, but Alex Epp would put the ball over the center field fence to put Jewell back on top, 10-9.
  • A single from Jordan Phillips and a double from Ben Click would each score a run in the sixth, before a grand slam from Will Brant in the seventh proved to be enough as Jewell would capture the game one win, 17-9.
  • win.

KEY STATS
  • Jacob Sullivan got the win in relief, striking out one in 2.2 IP. Sulliavn moves to 4-1 on the season.
  • Brant's grand slam marks his third of the season.
  • Epp, Wilcox, Jilbert, and Phillips would all score three runs, while Brant would tally-up a team high four hits.
 
Game 2 (Jewell 11, Truman 9)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Jewell struck first when Evan Jilbert sent a sac fly to right field scoring Jake Wilcox for the early 1-0 lead.
  • Cardinals entered the fourth with a 6-2 deficit, Alex Epp singled to right scoring Jonah Sanford and Cole Conner. Before the inning ended a sac fly from Wilcox sent Cale Blasi across home to make it 6-6 Truman State.
  • Down four runs in the sixth, a pair of RBI singles from Wilcox and Jilbert put Jewell within striking distance as the Cardinals' pitching kept it a two-run game going into the seventh.
  • With the bases loaded and two outs, Alex Epp blasted a grand slam to right center that would prove to be enough as Jewell would win the latter game 11-9.

KEY STATS
  • Ryan Hunt got the win for Jewell, going three innings, striking out one, and allowing one hit in relief. 
  • Epp would notch his first slam of the season, the Cardinals second of the day.
  • The days' sweep would be the third doubleheader sweep of Truman since the move to the NCAA DII rank.

UP NEXT
The Cardinals will play their final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday afternoon, hosting the Tigers of Fort Hays State University. 
 
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