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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods used the long ball to rout Lincoln 13-4 in the series finale on Sunday at the LU Baseball Field. Washburn returns home on Tuesday to host Fort Hays State in an MIAA doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.

Washburn (11-16, 11-12 MIAA) jumped in front 3-0 in the top of the first. Dane Simoneau started things off with a bases-loaded single scoring Blake Boling. Tyler Bean added a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 and David Wade had an RBI groundout.

The Blue Tigers (9-18, 8-18 MIAA) got two runs back in the bottom of the inning. Cedric Belt had an RBI double and later scored on a single by Gus Durst to make ti 3-2 in favor of Washburn.

The 'Bods broke the game open in the top of the second with five runs to open an 8-2 lead. Marcus Peavler had a sacrifice fly that scored Boone Plager for the first run of the inning. Andy Petz had an RBI double to make it 5-1. After Simoneau was hit by a pitch, Bean launched his fifth home run of the season to center to give WU the six run advantage.

A single run in the fourth made it 9-2 Washburn. Petz drove in his second run of hte game and team-leading 27th of the season with an RBI single to center.

The Ichabods loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth, but were only able to push one run across on a Peavler fielder's choice to make it 10-2.

The Blue Tigers got a single run in the seventh when Kevin Norris drove in Adam Burcham with a sacrifice fly to centerfield. Washburn matched with a single run in the top of the eighth on a sacrifice fly from Blake Hageman to push the lead back to eight at 11-3. Lincoln notched another run in the bottom of the inning on a Chris Pfau solo home run to make it 11-4 in favor of the 'Bods.

Petz launched a solo home run to lead off the ninth and after a groundout Bean smacked his second homer of the game and fourth of the series to make it 13-4.

Bean finished the game 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs, five RBI and three runs scored, while Petz was 4-for-5 with a home run, three runs batted in and three runs scored.

Alex Coons (1-1) earned the complete game win allowing four runs on nine hits, while striking out five. It was the first complete game of Coons' career.

Darren Lasley (1-3) took the loss for Lincoln giving up nine runs on five hits in 3.1 innings. He walked three and struck out two.

The game was moved up to a 10 a.m. start instead of the regularly scheduled noon start because of forecasted rain.