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Washburn baseball vs Arkansas-Fort Smith - April 9, 2026.
Bailey Poje / WU Athletics
5
Washburn WU 17-24, 13-14 MIAA
11
Winner Rogers St. RSU 35-6, 23-4 MIAA
Washburn WU
17-24, 13-14 MIAA
5
Final
11
Rogers St. RSU
35-6, 23-4 MIAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washburn WU 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 5 9 2
Rogers St. RSU 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 X 11 12 0

W: Mason Trotter (5-0) L: Hoffman, Mark (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Late offensive rally by No. 7 Hillcats downs Ichabods in game one

CLAREMORE, Okla. -- Washburn held a lead late in the game but a nine-run eighth inning flipped the game for No. 7 Rogers State as they took a 11-5 game-one victory on Friday afternoon. The Ichabods will look to even the series in game two beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday.  

Neither team got on the board until the Hillcats (35-6, 23-4 MIAA) plated one run on two hits in the bottom of the second inning to lead 1-0. Kai Bennett tossed a scoreless third inning, allowing Washburn (17-24, 13-14 MIAA) to tie the game up in the top of the fourth. Ian Luce led off with a single, stole second and scored on a sacrifice fly by Easton Wasinger.  

Rogers State re-claimed the lead scoring one run on two hits and a walk in the bottom of the fourth. Mark Hoffman took over on the mound in the fifth and tossed a pair of scoreless innings to keep the deficit at one. With two outs in the seventh Owen Laessig beat out an infield single and scored on a triple into the corner by Trenton Barry. Luce followed with a double to the center field wall that put the Ichabods in front 3-2. 

The score stayed that way until the Hillcats broke the game open in the eighth inning, lading the bases on a single and a pair of errors with no outs. A pair of singles scored three runs and gave them the lead. A double scored another run, still with no outs. One more scored on a sacrifice fly with two more two-RBI hits that rounded out a nine-run inning to lead 11-3.  

Washburn scored two runs in the ninth inning on a two-out two-RBI single up the middle from Ian Luce but it was not enough as they fell 11-5 in the series-opener.  

The home squad led 12-9 in hits while also leading 8-5 in walks. The only two errors in the game were committed by the Ichabods.  

Four players took the mound for Washburn with Kai Bennett throwing 4.0 innings with six strikeouts and allowing two runs. Mark Hoffman went 3.0 innings with two earned runs on four hits.  

Ian Luce had the only multi-hit day at the plate going 4-5 with three RBI. Trenton Barry and Easton Wasinger had the other two runs driven in.  

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