Hit Parade Lifts Mavericks to Sweep of Fort Wayne

Saturday, May 10

Omaha, Neb. (Ballpark at Boys Town)

12:00 PM

Omaha

25-20, 0

Fort Wayne (Senior Day)

19-30, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Fort Wayne	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	10	3
Omaha	4	0	0	2	1	1	X	8	10	1

Stats Notes

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Fort Wayne	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	6	16	0
Omaha	4	0	1	0	5	2	1	0	X	13	16	0

Hit Parade Lifts Mavericks to Sweep of Fort Wayne

May 11, 2014 | Baseball

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By: Omaha Athletics

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Omaha baseball team swept a doubleheader from Fort Wayne on Saturday, 8-5 and 13-6, at the Ballpark at Boys Town. The Mavericks improve to 26-20 (11-9 Summit League), while the Mastodons dropped to 19-31 (11-13 Summit League).

For the day, the two squads combined for a total of 32 runs on 52 hits. Senior Caleb Palensky went 5-for-10 with two doubles, five runs scored and three RBI over the two games. Sophomore Clayton Taylor also scored three times and drove in five runs while hitting his team-best ninth home run of the season.

GAME 1 -- OMAHA 8, FORT WAYNE 5
Sam Murphy (2-1) earned the win in the early game, throwing 2.1 scoreless innings of relief. He allowed two hits and one walk with a strikeout. The loss went to IPFW starter Dane Davis (1-4), who gave up four runs on three hits and three walks in one-third of an inning. Freshman Zach Eden earned his first career save, tossing 0.2 hitless innings to finish the game.

UNO and IPFW finished with an identical 10 hits apiece.

Palensky led the Mavericks at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and scoring twice. Taylor went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and another driven in, and junior Daniel Jewett was 2-for-3 with two RBI. Senior Brett Bass also had a hit and scored twice.

Fort Wayne jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, but Omaha rebounded with four runs on a trio of hits in the bottom half of the inning. Taylor and sophomore Cole Gruber first came in by way of Palensky's two-run single up the middle. Palensky and Bass then scored two batters later with Jewett's two-RBI single up the middle, putting the Mavericks ahead 4-3.

The lead was extended to 6-3 in the fourth, with UNO posting two runs on four hits. With two outs, Bass and Palensky delivered back-to-back doubles, followed by single to left center by sophomore Alex Schultz to plate Palensky.

Omaha added another run in the fifth with sophomore Collin Leif's RBI single to score senior Dylan Casey, and Taylor led off the sixth with a solo homer to right to make it 8-3.

IPFW tacked on two runs on two hits in the seventh, cutting the margin to three, but Omaha held on to earn the 8-5 win.

GAME 2 -- OMAHA 13, FORT WAYNE 6
In game two, the hit parade continued, with Omaha and Fort Wayne each finishing with 16 hits.

Three Mavericks totaled three hits apiece: Palensky (3-for-6, three runs), Schultz (3-for-5, two runs, two RBI) and senior Tyler Splichal (3-for-3, one run, one RBI). Jewett and Bass also went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored, and Taylor had a hit, scored once and drove in four runs.

Sophomore Marcus Ethen (4-3) snagged the win, going 5.0 innings in his start. He allowed one run on eight hits and three walks while fanning five. Steve Danielak took the loss, giving up five runs on eight hits and four walks with three Ks.

The Mavericks started strong, crossing four runs on six hits in the top of the first. They added another run in the third to go up 5-0 before IPFW got its first score in the fifth.

Omaha then plated five runs on three hits in the fifth, highlighted by a base-clearing three-run double by Taylor. With UNO leading 10-1, Fort Wayne came back for five runs on six hits in the sixth inning to make it 10-6.

In the bottom of the frame, the Mavs tallied two hits for two runs, then added one more run on three hits in the seventh to push the score to 13-6. IPFW went down in order in the eighth and threatened in the ninth by loading the bases, but junior John Sorensen got out of the jam with a strikeout and a groundout to seal UNO's victory and the doubleheader sweep.

Omaha returns to action on Tuesday, May 13, hosting Stephen F. Austin. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at Papillion's Fricke Field, and live stats will be available on OMavs.com.