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Solo Shot In Seventh Lifts Ichabods Past Bulldogs In Finale

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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – A one-out home run in the top of the seventh broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Washburn Ichabods a 4-3 victory over the Truman Baseball team on Sunday. The Bulldogs are scheduled to set outside of conference play with a doubleheader at home against Maryville (Mo.) on Wednesday afternoon. 
 
Game 4 Recap | Box Score
Washburn 4, Truman 3
 
Washburn's Tyler Bean got the game-winning RBI while also earning his third win of the season on the mound when he belted a tie-breaking home run off of Chris Allard in the seventh inning to give the Ichabods the 4-3 win in the series finale. Bean pitched eight innings, allowing seven hits and hit three Bulldogs but took Allard's 2-2 pitch the opposite way over the right field fense to break the tie. Truman took advantage of an error and a walk as Adam Manzer singled in a pair and Zak Larkin hit a sac fly to center to put Truman up 3-0 in the second. The Ichabods answered with a run in the fourth and two in the fourth. Devon Myers and Jarod Hahn each had two hits for Truman.

 
Game 3 Recap | Box Score
Truman 3, Washburn 0

Redshirt freshman Bret Gerstner (1-1) tossed his first complete-game shutout as he allowed just two hits while getting two big double plays and a pickoff in the Bulldogs first league win of the season. Paul Trenhaile put Truman on the board with a two-out RBI single in the third. Will Nader had a two-out RBI base hit in the next inning that scored Jarod Hahn and Daniel Jewett delievered a two-out RBI single to right to score Trenhaile in the fifth. Gerstner got an inning ending double-play in the first and following a pair of walks in the sixth, got John Calhoun, Washburn's hottest hitter, to ground into the 4-6-3 twin killing to end the frame.
 
Game 2 Recap | Box Score
Washburn 5, Truman 2

John Calhoun drove in four of the five Washburn runs in the first two innings as the Ichabods took game two by a 5-2 tally. Calhoun went the opposite way in the top of the first for a solo shot and took that same route in the second with a three-run blast. Brad Alberts was a perfect 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and drove in the other run. Kerry Schachemeyer (2-0) pitched six innings and AJ Green collected the save while Logan Siegler went the distance for Truman striking out seven but allowing 11 hits. Truman's two runs came via sac flies as Daniel Jewett drove in Steven Rose in the first and Blake Marino brought in Jarod Hahn in the fourth.
 
 
Game 1 Recap| Box Score
Washburn 1, Truman 0
 
Brett Ash pitched a complete-game shutout as Washburn used the small ball to take the opener 1-0. Ash struck out eight while walking and hitting one to pick up his first win of the season. Josh Wilder and Ben Reynoldson each laid down perfect bunts to start the fifth inning and advanced up into scoring position on a balk by Tyler Stefan (0-4). John Calhoun would groundout to third to drive in Wilder for the only run of the game. The Bulldogs had golden opportunities in both the fourth and eighth innings. A two-out double by Daniel Jewett followed by a walk and basehit by Brett Marino gave Weston Lewis a chance with the bases load. Lewis fouled a ball down the first base line by mere inches before striking out to end the inning. In the eighth, Zak Larkin hit a leadoff single and got to third with two outs before Paul Trenhaile rocketed a liner right to the Ichabod third basemen. Stefan pitched eight solid innings, striking out seven and walking just one while Chris Allard struck out the side in the top of the ninth.



Series Preview:
After showing some fight in an extra inning loss to #2 Central Missouri last Sunday, the Truman Baseball team will host Washburn University in a four-game MIAA series that will kick off Friday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.
Truman (1-11; 0-8 MIAA) pushed the Mules in a pair of games during their weekend series however eight multi-run innings posted by Central aided by 29 walks, 10 hit batsmen and 10 errors led to the series sweep.
A pair of freshman and a senior are hitting above .300 for the Bulldogs thus far. Jarod Hahn is leading the team with a .366 average and Zak Larkin is third with a .343 mark while senior Steven Rose is off to a good start hitting .353 with a team leading six runs batted in. Sophomore Will Nader enters the weekend with a team-high seven game hitting streak.
The Bulldog pitching staff got solid outings from Tyler Stefan and Paul McMahon against the Mules. Stefen posted a 1.69 ERA while striking out five in five and a third innings in the opener against Central while McMahon allowed two earned runs in six plus innings while holding the opponent to just a .227 batting average.
Washburn (4-6; 1-3 MIAA) will play St. Mary's (Texas) on Wednesday before making the trek to Kirksville to begin the four-game series. The Ichabods went 1-3 in their MIAA weekend opener on the road last weekend at Pittsburg State (Kan.). The Gorillas took the first two by scores of 4-3 and 11-8 with Washburn taking game three 17-1 before falling in 12 innings 7-6 in the finale.
Josh Wilder leads the team with a .533 batting average and John Calhoun is hitting .488 with four home runs and 11 RBIs. Tyler Bean leads the MIAA in earned run average as he has posted a 0.64 ERA while going 2-0 in a pair of starts. 

Series Schedule:
The four-game series will begin Friday at 3:00 p.m. with a single nine-inning game. A pair of seven-inning games will be played on Saturday starting at 1:00 p.m. followed by another nine-inning game on Sunday also starting at 1:00 p.m. The series may be altered due to an unstable weather pattern and a 60% chance of rain on Saturday. The teams have four days to get the four game series played via conference rules. For any changes to the scheduled, please check TrumanBulldogs.com or @TrumanAthletics on Twitter.
Milestone Watch
  • Catcher Devon Myers is 25 hits away from Truman's all-time hit record of 191 held by Patrick Hardin (2002-05). He is currently seventh and will tie Adam Davis (2003-06) with 8 more hits.
  • Myers is two runs scored from the top 10 in Truman history. He has 85 entering this weekend. He is also seven doubles away from tying the Truman record of 40 held by Mike Kubinski (1997-00) and is currently tied for fourth in RBIs with 96 with Tony Vandemore.
  • Steven Rose has 152 career hits, 83 runs scored, seven triples (fourth all-time) and 547 career at bats which is seventh all-time.
  • Pitcher Tyler Stefan is tied for fourth all-time in appearances with 47 and is eight away from Michael Stahir record set last season. He is ninth in both innings pitched with 172.2 and strikeouts with 120.
Bulldog Bites:
  • Truman is hitting .260 as a team this season with 13 extra base hits (11 doubles). Last season, the Bulldogs hit .255 with 77 extra base hits.  The team had 59 doubles, nine triples and nine home runs to go with 51 stolen bases.
  • Freshman Paul Treinhaile has the team's only home run this season.
  • The Bulldogs are slightly above 52% in stolen base attempts going 9-of-17 this season. As a team last year, the Bulldogs were 62% successful in stolen base attempts (51-of-82).
  • The pitching staff has an 7.58 earned run average through 12 games. Opponents are hitting .321 with 29 extra base hits, including seven round trippers. In 2011, the staff had a 4.96 earned run average through 48 games.  Opponents hit .290 with 100 extra base hits (62 doubles, 13 triples and 25 home runs.).
  • Opponents are scoring 9.50 runs per game with 4.50 coming when they reach base either through walk, error or hit by pitch. When reaching by walk, error or hit by pitch, opposing players are scoring 48% of the time.
  • Truman is scoring 3.50 runs per game with 1.50 coming when reaching by walk, error or hit by pitch and 32% scoring when reaching by those means (18-of-57).
  • The Bulldogs have won the only game this season in which they have outscored their opponents with reaching base and scoring via walk, hit by pitch or error.
Truman vs. Washburn:
Washburn leads the all-time series with the Bulldogs 55-22. The Ichabods took three of four against Truman last season in Kirksville.
Daniel Jewett led Truman with a .375 batting average in last year's set with a double and a triple. However as a team, Truman hit just .183 against Ichabod pitching.
Pete Jurich is hitting .429 with a .529 on-base percentage in his career against Washburn while Devon Myers has a career .378 batting average with 12 runs batted in. Tyler Stefan is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA while holding the Ichabods to a .143 batting average in his career.

Up Next:
The Bulldogs will step outside of conference play on Wednesday when they face Maryville (Mo.) in a twinbill slated for 1:00 p.m. and then will travel to Emporia State for a weekend conference series.  The next set of notes will be released following the Maryville doubleheader.
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