WICHITA, Kan. -- Washburn built an early lead against Newman on Friday afternoon but were unable to hold on to a three-run lead late before falling 10-9 in extras. Game two will get underway at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
Payton McHarg and Cale Savage led off the game for the Ichabods (18-15, 12-9 MIAA) with a pair of walks and they were both quickly brought around to score on a home run by Cash Jay over the left field wall.
After a one-two-three bottom of the first on the mound by Caden Bressler to hold the Jets in check Washburn added to the lead again in the second. Otto Jones went yard, also with left field, hitting a one-out solo shot to extend the lead to four.
Bressler held Newman (8-28) scoreless for the first two innings before they were able to get on the board with a solo home run in the home half of the third. After a walk led off the Jets half of the fourth inning the next two batters went down. A single followed by a double scored one run and a three-run homer put Newman in front after four innings.
The score stayed the same in the fifth as Bressler finished his outing with a scoreless frame. Griffin Huiatt took over in the sixth inning and tossed a scoreless inning while stranding one runner.
A Jett Buck single with two-outs in the seventh put two runners on after Savage walked with one out in the inning. After working a full count Hayden Priest sent the third Ichabod home run over the left field wall to take a 7-5 lead.
Newman cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the inning after a leadoff single was moved to third and brought home on an RBI groundout.
Blake Scott led off the eighth with a pinch hit single. He moved to second after Cal Watkins walked and to third on an error by the pitcher. McHarg hit a grounder towards the mound and was able to reach base and move to second on another error while also scoring Scott. Jay was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Priest worked a bases loaded walk to score another and make it a 9-6 game.
The Jets led off the eighth with back-to-back hits, bringing Kai Bennett to the mound. The bases were loaded with no outs and a single brought in one run before the first out was recorded. Cole Warner took over pitching and got an inning-ending double play to hold onto the lead.
Washburn left one on base in the top of the ninth to leave the game at 9-7. In the bottom of the inning Newman got a leadoff double but was down to its last out before the home team tied the game with a two-run home run to send it to extras. In the bottom of the tenth the Jets strung together three singles to walk-off the game 10-9.
The Ichabods tallied nine hits in the game, Grant Jones was the only player with multiple hits as he knocked two. Hayden Priest drove in four runs and Cash Jay brought in three.
