LIBERTY, Mo. – William Jewell baseball won their first conference series of the season on Saturday splitting with Southwest Baptist on a Senior Day doubleheader, falling 8-4 in game one before coming back to win 8-1 in game two. The Cardinals head to the final weekend 13-33 on the season and 7-21 in the GLVC after the day.
 
Game 1 (Jewell 4, SBU 8)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After giving up a pair of runs to the Bearcats in the first two innings Santiago Jimenez blasted a two-run home run to left center that tied the game at two. The next inning Justin George hit Luke Isaacs home from first to put the Cardinals up by one, 3-2.
• Southwest Baptist re-took the lead in the fourth with a three-run inning. Koen Gakstatter blasted a homer to left to cut the deficit to one run but Jewell got no closer, falling 8-4 in game one.

KEY STATS

• Charlie Rambo received the loss going just 3.1 IP, with two K's, two walks, and three earned runs. 
• Gakstatter's homer was his lone hit and his third long-ball of the year.

 
Game 2 (Jewell 8, SBU 1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Batters named Luke wasted no time in the first inning swinging the bat. Two batters in Luke Isaacs blasted a shot over the left field fence, followed by a Luke Bies solo-shot that hit the left field foul pole to make it 3-0.
• The home-runs continued in the third with Maddox Meier on, when Justin George said goodbye to a fastball he sent over the fence in left to make it 5-0 Jewell and later in the fourth with a solo-shot from Koen Gakstatter, his second of the day.
• Jewell plated runs in the fifth and seventh for a 8-1 lead, taking the series against the Bearcats

KEY STATS

• Ethan Veach got his first win of the year with a seven inning showing, giving up five hits, striking out four. 
• Jewell's four home runs (Gakstatter, Isaacs, Bies, George) ties their single game high this season (Feb. 15 versus Arkansas Ft. Smith)

UP NEXT
Jewell will say goodbye to 13 seniors; Luke Bies, Rui Yoshida, Blake Tigges, Ryan Hunt, Justin George, Peyton Little, Santiago Jimenez, Jack Wells, Braden Blundell, Drew Caudle, Nick Taylor, Cameron Naber, and Owen Curley after they conclude their season at Rockhurst next weekend.