WARRENSBURG, Mo. (March 21, 2019) - Central Missouri Mules Baseball (17-8, 9-4 MIAA) was held scoreless for the first three innings, but scored in four of their final five trips to the plate to take game one, 9-2 from Washburn.
Play-by-Play
• It didn't start out well for the Mules as Washburn pitcher Josh Ramirez was perfect through three. The Ichabods utilized a double-steal in the third inning to take a 1-0 lead.
• Washburn tried to do some more running on the Mules, but a "strike-him-out, throw-him out" double play ended the fourth.
• Central Missouri carried that defensive momentum to the plate in the bottom of the inning. They tied the game on back-to-back hits from
Alex Madera and
Erik Webb. Webb got a nice bounce from the turf to lift the ball just over the third baseman's head, and Madera scored all the way from first.
• The Mules broke it open with a three-run sixth, and all in the span of just seven pitches. With one out,
Mason Janvrin singled and stole second. He scored the go-ahead run on Madera's single, then one pitch later, Webb left the yard with a long home run to left field, putting the Mules on top 4-1.
• They added two more in the seventh and three in the eighth.
Donovan Ditto launched a solo home run before Janvrin beat out a double-play, allowing the Mules' sixth run to score.
• An unearned run scored for Washburn in the eighth, but that was no cause for concern. The first five Mules all reached base in the bottom of the inning.
Michael Sinks knocked a two-run, bases-loaded single to right-center and
Zak Whalin made it 9-2 with a sacrifice fly.
Mules Stat Leaders
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Tyler Hasper enjoyed a great day on the mound making the start and throwing 95 pitches over six innings with one run on two hits while striking out eight.
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Bryce Kearns came on in relief to throw the final three innings to earn the save. He allowed one unearned run on three hits with three strikeouts.
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Erik Webb was 3-4 with two doubles, a home run, two runs scored and three RBI.
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Alex Madera also collected three hits going 3-4 with three runs scored.
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Michael Sinks drove in two runs going 1-4.
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Mason Janvrin was 1-4 with an RBI, run scored and a stolen base.
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Donovan Ditto went 1-4 with a home run.
For the Ichabods
• Josh Ramirez started and threw six innings allowing four runs on five hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.
• Lane Harvey was 2-3 with a walk.
• Brady Hoover was 1-4 with an RBI triple.
• Rorey Combs walked and scored a run.
News and Notes
• There were plenty of UCM first's and best's for
Tyler Hasper. It was his first start, his first win, his longest outing and his most strikeouts in an outing. Following his start, Hasper is now second on the team with 14.7 strikeouts/nine innings.
• Two long Mules streaks continues.
Mason Janvrin has reached base in all 25 games and
Erik Webb extended his hitting streak to 24 games.
• For Janvrin, it's the 26th streak since 2000 of at least 25 games reached base. There have only been six hitting streaks extending to 20 games since 2000 and Webb is tied for the second longest with Zach Norman from 2003.
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Bryce Kearns earns his first career save. He hasn't allowed an earned run in his last eight innings.
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Donovan Ditto's home run was his first this season and his first since his very first game as a freshman last year, when he hit the left field foul pole at Minute Maid Park.
Up Next
• Game two of the series is slated for tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.
