April 22, 2017 - The #14 Emporia State baseball team extended their win streak to seven games with a 7-3 victory over Lindenwood on Saturday night. Seth Holman paved the way, pitching 6.1 innings and allowing just two runs on three hits. Holman struck out eight and had just one walk.
TAKING CONTROL EARLY
The Hornets capitalized on a Lion throwing error in the bottom of the first, scoring Levi Ashmore to go up 1-0. Two batters later, Mason Brown reached on a fielder's choice to score Alex White and give Emporia State a 2-0 lead. The game was scoreless through the next two innings before the Hornets plated another run in the bottom of the fourth, extending their lead 3-0.
CLOSE GAME, PULL AWAY
Lindenwood put themselves back in the game, scoring two runs on two hits in the top of the seventh inning, Emporia State leading 3-2 after the top half of the inning. The Hornets did not let that last long, as they scored two runs of their own in the bottom of the seventh to take a 5-3 lead. Emporia State plated another two runs in the eighth on a Taylor Sanagorksi double down the first base line. The Lions scored a run in the ninth to finish the game 7-3, a Hornet win.
BY THE NUMBERS
Holman improved to 8-2 on the year in his 6.1 innings as he took a no hitter into the sixth inning. Only one of the runs scored during his work was earned. Layne Downing pitched 1.2 innings with no runs, no hits and just a single walk. Matt Slauter closed the game in the final inning. Sanagorski hit one for three with two RBI. Brown was the only Hornet with multiple hits, going two for four and scoring two runs.
ALMOST THERE
The win was Bob Fornelli's 556th at Emporia State, leaving him just one shy of Dave Bingham's 557 career wins with the Hornets from 1974-87.
UP NEXT
Emporia State continues their series against Lindenwood on Sunday, April 23 at 1:00 p.m. at Trusler on Glennen Field.
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