LIBERTY, Mo. – William Jewell brought out the brooms Sunday afternoon, sweeping Truman State with a game four 14-7 victory at Talley Stadium. It is the Cardinals first GLVC series win of 2025, moving to 12-12 overall and 5-7 in the conference.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bottom of the first saw every Cardinal batter step up to the box. While not collecting a single hit in the inning, Jewell score three runs courtesy of four batters getting hit by pitches and an additional three walks. 
•  With two men on in the third Evan Jilbert sent a double into center field that scored both Will McCombs and Jonah Sanford, who had also doubled to get on base, to make the score 5-1 William Jewell.
• A Justin George homer proved crucial to lead-off the sixth after Truman rallied with a six-run fifth inning that at the time but the Bulldogs in the lead.
• The Cardinals broke it back open in the seventh when they score five runs including a two-run hits from Ben Click and Luke Bies.
• Jilbert tacked on a home run to right in the next inning for good measure, securing the 14-7 game four win over Truman.

KEY STATS

• Jacob Sullivan got the Sunday start going 4.2 innings, striking out four. Ryan Hunt was named the pitcher of record in his two innings of relief for his first win of the season.
• Each of the four Cardinal pitchers recorded at least two punchouts, with Cam Lawson and Nick Fitzanko each having a pair themselves.
• Though Jewell was out hit 13-11, Click and Jilbert each gathered three hits while Justin George had two.

UP NEXT
Jewell will travel to Northwest Missouri on Tuesday to face the Bearcats at 2:00 p.m.