
Grant Goldston went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate in Omaha's 13-0 run-rule win at Western Illinois on Friday.
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Omaha Blanks WIU in 13-0 Run-Rule Victory
May 21, 2021 | Baseball
MACOMB, Ill. – The Omaha baseball team collected a dominant 13-0 run-rule victory over Western Illinois in seven innings on Friday afternoon in Macomb, Ill.
The win moves the Mavericks to 21-23 (12-11 Summit League) on the season while the Leathernecks drop to 11-28 (7-19).
How it Happened
The Mavericks and Leathernecks wrap up the regular season with the series finale tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Macomb, Ill. Links to live stats and video are available on OMavs.com.
The win moves the Mavericks to 21-23 (12-11 Summit League) on the season while the Leathernecks drop to 11-28 (7-19).
How it Happened
- Breyden Eckhout began the game with an infield single and Masen Prososki drew a walk before both scored on back-to-back RBI groundouts to give Omaha a 2-0 lead in the first.
- Grant Goldston singled up the middle and Prososki reached on a walk before Mike Boeve unleashed his Summit League-leading 16th double of the season to score the pair of Mavericks and double the Omaha lead to 4-0 in the third.
- Boeve scored on Keil Krumwiede's RBI single before Eduardo Rosario roped an RBI double down the left field line to plate Krumwiede and make it 6-0.
- Parker Smejkal lined an RBI single through the right side to bring home Rosario and give Omaha a 7-0 lead after three.
- The Mavericks scored two more in the sixth after Goldston and Prososki touched home on wild pitches.
- With runners on second and third, Matt Bondarchuk hit an RBI single to left, scoring Bonar before Krumwiede's sacrifice fly made it an 11-0 game.
- Rosario capped the scoring for Omaha with a two-RBI single to left, clinching the 13-0 run-rule victory for the Mavericks.
- Omaha scored 13 runs on 13 hits and committed no errors while the Leathernecks were held scoreless and limited to six hits.
- Goldston went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with a double and two runs scored.
- Rosario had a 2-for-3 day with three RBI and two walks.
- Prososki scored a team-high four runs while seven Mavericks had one hit in the win.
- Starter Joey Machado improved to 5-3 on year after tossing five shutout innings.
- Jackson Gordon and Spencer Koelewyn each pitched one inning in relief.
The Mavericks and Leathernecks wrap up the regular season with the series finale tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Macomb, Ill. Links to live stats and video are available on OMavs.com.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Machado, Joey (5-3)
L: Chandler Fochs (2-6)

Batting:
2B: Boeve, Mike 1 ; Rosario, Eduardo 1 ; Bonar , Brett 1 ; Goldston, Grant 1
RBI: Bondarchuk, Matt 1 ; Boeve, Mike 3 ; Krumwiede, Keil 3 ; Rosario, Eduardo 3 ; Smejkal, Parker 1
SF: Krumwiede, Keil 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Eckhout, Breyden 1 ; Bondarchuk, Matt 1 ; Prososki, Masen 4 ; Boeve, Mike 2 ; Krumwiede, Keil 1 ; Rosario, Eduardo 1 ; Bonar , Brett 1 ; Goldston, Grant 2
SB: Goldston, Grant 1
HBP: Prososki, Masen 1

Batting:
2B: Luke Schwartz 1
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