Jacksonville, IL - The Hannibal-LaGrange University Baseball Team took on Iowa Wesleyan in a doubleheader on Friday afternoon. HLGU is looking to bounce back from a loss earlier in the week to Missouri Valley with better pitching while Iowa Wesleyan is looking to keep their momentum going coming off of two wins over Southwestern College. Behind a solid start by Jakob Rhoderick and an extra innings comeback in game one, the Trojans defeated the Tigers 5-4. In game two, the Tigers took advantage of some Trojan miscues and HLGU was defeated 8-2.

GAME VITALS

• Game 1 Score: Hannibal-LaGrange def. Iowa Wesleyan 5-4 (8 innings)
• Game 2 Score: Iowa Wesleyan def. Hannibal-LaGrange 8-2
• Records: HLGU (3-4) | Iowa Wesleyan (4-14) 
• Location: Lenz Field | Jacksonville, Illinois

GAME 1 STAT TRACKER

• Chase Holder – 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, Walk-off 1B
• Charlie Culp – 2-4, 2B, 1 RBI
• Cole Trautman – 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB
• Lincoln Burt – 1-1, 2B, 1 RBI
• Brock McLeod – 1-3, 2B, 1 RBI
• Jakob Rhoderick – 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 HBP, 7 K
• Jaysen Mattingly – 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K, Win

GAME 2 STAT TRACKER

• Charlie Culp – 1-3, 1 RBI
• Tucker Hughes – 1-3, 1 BB
• Seth Iken – 1-2
• Braden Lawson – 1-3
• Jacob Bone – 1.0 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 6 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K, Loss
• Chase Holder – 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Jacob Hammer – 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Greg Dunbar – 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Jake Meininger – 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• Heath Ayers – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 0 K

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• The Trojans finished game one with 31 AB, 5 R, 10 H, 5 RBI, 5 BB
• The Trojans finished game two with 24 AB, 2 R, 6 H, 2 RBI, 4 BB

THOUGHTS FROM COACH STROTHER

• "You have to love a great come from behind effort to win game one.  In order to win a double header, we will need to get more consistent at the plate and on the mound. We are starting to see a lot of different guys contribute, which is a plus as we ready for our spring break game and then conference play."