WICHITA, Kan. – Preston Snavely tossed 7 1/3 scoreless innings and struck out five to help the Wichita State baseball team earn a 9-0 shutout victory over the Omaha Mavericks Saturday, March 27, at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field.
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Wichita State (11-8) and Omaha (8-11) are slated to wrap up their three-game series with a 1 p.m. contest Sunday, March 28.
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Snavely, a senior right-hander who hails from Fort Collins, Colo., allowed zero earned runs on seven hits while striking out five and walking none on 101 pitches to improve to 2-1 on the mound this season.
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Jack Sigrist and
Paxton Wallace each collected a pair of hits, leading the Shockers at the plate, while
Garrett Kocis,
Corrigan Bartlett and
Ross Cadena each tallied doubles. Wallace, Kocis and Bartlett all drove in a team-best two runs in the shutout win.
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Wichita State raced out to a 3-0 lead with a run in the second inning and two in the third inning.
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Cadena opened the scoring for WSU, plating Bartlett on an RBI fielder's choice in the second, prior to Kocis belting a two-run double to right-center in the third that plated Cornblum and Sigrist.
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The Shockers ballooned their lead to 7-0 with four runs in the fifth.Â
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Bartlett provided the big hit in the inning, hitting a double to left field to score Wallace and Sigrist. Kocis also crossed home plate on Bartlett's double after Omaha left fielder Parker Smejkal misplayed the ball for an error. A sacrifice fly by
David VanVooren provided the final run of the inning.
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The Shockers continued to build their lead with two runs in the sixth and made it 9-0 after Wallace hit a single through the right side, scoring Cadena and
Cade Clemons.
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Mike Boeve and Masen Prososki both compiled two hits, pacing the Mavs offensively.
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Omaha starter Spencer Koelewyn (1-2) suffered the loss after giving up seven runs – six earned – on eight hits with three strikeouts and two walks in five innings.
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