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WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State scored in six of eight innings and defeated North Dakota 16-3 on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Timely hitting, walks and hit by pitches led to a strong day at the plate for the Shockers. The home team combined for a total of 16 hits, 10 walks and four hit by pitches.
 
The offense was led by Gunnar Troutwine who went 3-for-4, with four RBI and two runs scored. Travis Young was a spark plug from the nine-hole going 2-for-3, including a double, a RBI and two runs scored. Greyson Jenista didn't start the game, but made a big impact by hitting his first home run as a Shocker, a three-run blast.
 
Clayton McGinness got his second start of the season and pitched three innings. He gave up two runs, neither earned, along with four hits and two strikeouts. He earned the win for his efforts. It was a bullpen game from there with the Shockers seeing five pitchers toe the rubber from there.  
 
The Shockers took the lead right out of the gate by scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Three walks led to Troutwine hitting a two-run single to right field.
 
After the Hawks scored two in the top of the second, the Shockers answered back in the bottom half when they executed back-to-back bunt singles, then Tanner Kirk put down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners to second and third. The sacrifice worked as Mikel Mucha then got the sacrifice fly to left field to score Dayton Dugas. Travis Young then promptly stole third base and Luke Ritter lined a single up the middle to give the Shockers another two run lead, 4 – 2.
 
In the third, the Shockers padded their lead and never looked back from there.
The Shockers were able to cash in on a balk, a hit by pitch, giving them two more runs.
 
The fourth inning resulted in one run as Travis Young hit a RBI double scoring Trey Vickers and increase the lead to 7 – 2.
 
Gunnar Troutwine came through for the Shockers in the fifth. With the bases loaded he hit a two run single. They then loaded the bases again on a walk and Trey Vickers hit a sacrifice fly to center to score another run. A wild pitch then plated the fourth run of the inning and gave the Shockers an 11 – 2 lead.
 
Zach Reding and Ryan Tinkham hit back-to-back doubles in the sixth, plating one run a piece. Jenista then hit a "no doubter" to right center that was a three-run shot. This resulted in five runs in the inning and a 16 -3 lead. Both teams were shut out from there.
 
The Shockers are next in action March 18-20 at Nebraska.