TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod baseball team came up on the short end of the stick in a 15-7 loss to Emporia State in game which saw the teams combine for 31 hits and 22 runs. Washburn opens a four-game series at Northwest Missouri scheduled to start on Friday in Maryville.

After the Hornets scored a solo run in their first at bat, the Ichabods came back and took the lead with three runs in the bottom of the first. After a lead off walk by Riley Krane, he scored on a double down the left field line by Connor Crimmins who would then score on a single to left by Tanner Triggs.

Emporia State (27-10) scored five in the second inning followed by solo runs in the third and two more in the fourth taking a 9-3 lead. Washburn (27-10) cut the Hornet lead back to 9-6 after scoring three in the fourth inning after RBI singles by Payton Soicher and Parker Gibson and a groundout by Krane. Gragg recorded a double in the inning and scored on Gibson's single.

The Ichabods added a solo run in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Gragg sending Tanner Johnson home but it would be the last run the Ichabods would score as 12 of the final 13 Washburn batters were retired by four different Hornet pitchers to finish the game.

David Gauntt had three hits and scored a run and Triggs added three hits as well while scoring two runs. Greg Mason (1-1) took the loss pitching two innings while Jarro Miller improved to 3-1 for the Hornets gaining the win.