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Emporia State
Mavericks Earn First MIAA Win in Split With Hornet
Mar 7, 2009 | Baseball, General
EMPORIA, Kan. – The UNO baseball team earned its first win in league play while earning a split of a double-header with the Emporia State Hornets on Saturday afternoon at Glennen Field. The Mavericks beat the Hornets 4-3 in ten innings in the opener before losing 5-3 in the second game. They are now 11-7 and 1-2 in the the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
Game 1 – UNO 4, Emporia State 3 (10 innings)
#Andrew Hansen# hit a solo home run in the top of the tenth inning to power the Mavericks to their first MIAA win, 4-3. UNO had built a 3-1 lead after six innings but the Hornets tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run shot off #Ben Percival#.
Percival went the distance, allowing three earned runs on eight hits. He also struck out five and did not walk a batter. He is now 4-0 on the year. Hansen and #Drew Schwab# each went 3-for-5 on the day with two runs scored a apiece. #Jeremy Klein and Evan Porter# each went 2-for-5.
Game 2 – Emporia State 5, UNO 3
The Hornets spotted the Mavericks a three-run lead before roaring back with five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn the split.
Schwab homered on a 2-0 pitch in the second inning to put the Mavericks up 1-0. UNO added to the lead in the top of the sixth when Porter and Strawn each delivered RBI doubles.
That set the stage for the Hornets in the bottom of the inning. They opened the inning with a single from Kellen Lane off UNO's #Joe Holtmeyer#. The hit was compounded by a throwing error, one of three errors by the Mavericks in the inning that led to three unearned runs.
Holtmeyer took the loss to fall to 1-1 on the year. He went five and two-thirds innings, allowing just four hits while striking out ten and walking only one. #Colby McCord and Travis Jacobi# each went 2-for-3.
The two teams will conclude the four-game series on Sunday afternoon at noon.
