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ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Washburn won on a sacrifice fly in the opener Saturday at Lindenwood and then won the second game with 12 runs in the final two innings. The doubleheader sweep gave the Ichabods a win in the season-opening series that also opened MIAA play for both teams.
 
Washburn won the opener 4-3 and the second game 14-4. The Ichabods improved to 3-1 and 3-1 in the league and will play their home opener Tuesday at Falley Field at 3 p.m. against Rockhurst.
 
The opener was tied at 3-3 before Washburn got two sacrifice hits to win in walk-off fashion. Riley Price led off the bottom of the seventh with a single. Tyler Bailey pinch ran for him and moved to third on a wild pitch and a sacrifice bunt from Taylor Herrington. He then scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly to center field by Parker Gibson.
 
The Ichabods trailed 4-2 going into the bottom of the seventh of game two before they plated five to take the lead and then seven in the eighth to invoke the 10-run rule.
 
Payton Soicher drove in the first three runs of the seventh inning with a triple after Washburn loaded the bases on two hit batters and a walk. David Gauntt later drove in a run on a triple and Kyle Carnahan drove one in with a single to put Washburn up 7-4.
 
After a scoreless top of the seventh, the Ichabods kept up the offense with seven runs off five hits. Tanner Johnson led of the inning with a walk and later scored. He then ended the game with a three-run triple that put Washburn up by 10.
 
Parker Gibson batted 3 for 4 in the game with four runs scored. Soicher, Jackson and Gauntt each had two hits and Soicher had four RBI.
 
Mark Biesma started on the mound in the second game for Washburn and gave up two runs off four hits through six innings. He struck out five. Greg Mason pitched the last two innings and earned the win as he kept LU hitless and scoreless.
 
Eric Schmid started the opener and went the first six innings. He gave up three runs off six hits with six strikeouts. Samuel Jones got the win as he pitched the seventh inning and allowed just a hit.
 
Washburn's starters recorded a 1.96 ERA with 25 strikeouts and six walks in their combined 23 innings pitched.