TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod baseball team picked up a doubleheader sweep winning its 12th and 13th games in a row after topping Pittsburg State 2-1 and 8-4 in game two Saturday at Falley Field. The Ichabods will look for the four-game sweep on Sunday starting at 1 p.m.
Game 1 - Washburn 2, Pittsburg State 1A sac fly by
Parker Gibson in the bottom of the seventh scoring
Cole Gardner who pinch ran for
Corey Gragg, who led off the inning with a double pushed the Ichabods to a 2-1 win over the Gorillas. The win the the 12th in a row for the Ichabods and their longest winning streak since the 1994 season when they won 13 in a row.
Starting pitcher
Mike Hefferan picked up the complete game win scattering five hits and scoreless until the Gorillas pushed across a run in the seventh inning tying the score at 1-1. Hefferan struck out three and did not walk any Pitt State batters.
Washburn scored its first run of the day breaking a scoreless tie in the bottom of the sixth inning when
Connor Crimmins drove in
Kyle Carnahan who reached via a single.
Gibson had two hits in the game to lead Washburn in the opener.
Game 2 - Washburn 8, Pittsburg State 4The Gorillas took a 2-0 lead in the first inning before the Ichabods picked up a solo run in the bottom of the frame after Gibson scored on a wild pitch after leading off the game with a single. The Ichabods scored three in the bottom of the second when Gibson drove in
Tanner Johnson and
Payton Soicher with a 2-RBI triple and then Gibson scored when
Riley Krane grounded out.
Washburn scored two in the third inning on a 2-run homer by
Tanner Triggs scoring
Connor Crimmins and then added another two on a 2-run shot by Carnahan scoring Krane wrapping up the offense for the Ichabods.
Zach Linquist improved to 2-0 on the mound striking out six allowing four earned runs.
