CONWAY, Ark. - The Hendrix College baseball team picked up their first wins of the season with a double-header sweep of Washington University at Warrior Field Saturday.
The Warriors (2-4) took the first game 2-1, then topped the Bears (0-2) 6-4.
In the opener, senior
Daniel Imbro (1-1) struck out 10 and allowed three hits, one run and two walks in nine-inning, complete game effort.
Wash. U. scored in the top of the first when shortstop Austin Darmawan led the game off by being hit, stole second and scored on a ground ball by Ben Browdy.
The game remained 1-0 until the bottom of the sixth. With two outs, junior
Wyatt Hogan drew a walk and sophomore
Drew Judson singled. Freshman shortstop
Tanner Cooper followed with a base hit to left, allowing Hogan to score. Sophomore first baseman
Matthew Lillard knocked in Judson, which proved to be the game-winning run, with a single up the middle.
Scott Nelson (0-1) took the loss for the Bears. He allowed five hits, two runs, two walks and struck out three in six frames.
In game two, Wash. U. once again scored in the top of the first, but Hendrix answered with five runs in the bottom of the frame. Lillard came up with a two-run triple in the inning.
The Bears added another run in the third and two more in the fourth to make it 5-4. The Warriors added an insurance fun in the bottom of the fourth when sophomore
Jake Wiegand led off with a walk and later scored on a base hit from Lillard.
Junior
Harley Faye (1-1) earned the win in game two. He had a strike out and allowed eight hits, four earned runs and two walks over seven innings. Senior
Kyle Teachout fanned one in a scoreless eighth inning and freshman
Taylor Barker earned his first career save with a scoreless ninth.
Brad Margolin (0-1) allowed nine hits, five runs, a walk and struck out two in three innings in the loss.
Hendrix Notes- Judson and Cooper each had a pair of hits in game one.
- Sophomore catcher
Justin Robison threw out two runners trying to steal, giving him six on the year.
- In game two, seven Warriors recorded two hits or more for a total of 15.
- Lillard was 3-for-5 with three three driven in, a double and two triples. He was only the fourth player in school history to hit two triples in a game and the first since 2008.
- Wiegand was 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored.
- Hogan, Judson, Cooper,
Jorge Leon and
Josh Slezak each had two hits. Cooper, Slezak and Hogan all drove in runs as well.
Washington Notes- Browdy, Tate Maider and Spencer Egly recorded the only hits in game one.
- Browdy went 3-for-5 in game two with three runs driven in and a triple.
- Darmawan scored three times in the second game.
- Reliever Zack Kotin struck out six in four innings of relief in the nightcap.
Up NextHendrix and Washington will wrap up their series on Sunday at noon.
