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Mount Mercy baseball sweeps Graceland

The Mount Mercy baseball team enjoyed good pitching and timely hitting  Saturday to sweep a Heart of America Conference twinbill from  Graceland, 6-2 and 7-2, at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

The sweep lifted the Mustangs to 11-12 overall and 8-7 in the league.

Shortstop Chili Moseley went 5-for-9 in the doubleheader with two  doubles, three runs and three RBIs.

Moseley was 3-for-4 in Game 1 with a double, two runs and an RBI. Nick  Sueppel drove in three runs. Jake Faur belted a solo home run and  scored twice. Tito Berdecia and Owen Oreskovich had two doubles.

Tanner Lohaus allowed two runs on three hits in six innings of the  opener. He struck out seven batters and walked two.

Moseley went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and scored a run in the  nightcap. Oreskovich was 2-for-2 with two walks. Kobi Candaroma drove  in two runs. Sueppel walked three times and hit a sacrifice fly.

Blake Willenborg pitched six strong innings for the Mustangs in Game  2. He allowed only one earned run on five hits, with five strikeouts  and one walk. Willenborg raised his record to 4-0. Matt Trouten  pitched three hitless innings for his fourth save.

Graceland fell to 3-15 overall and 1-10 in the league.

GAME 1

Graceland       000 101 0 - 2 3 1
Mount Mercy     101 022 x - 6 11 1

Lohaus, Richards (7) and Day. Morales and Maxson. W - Lohaus (2-3). L  - Morales (0-1). 2B - Moseley, Berdecia, Oreskovich 2. HR - Faur,  Colon. SB - Shrader. SF - Sueppel.

GAME 2

Graceland       000 101 000 - 2 5 2
Mount Mercy     002 200 30x - 7 5 3

Willenborg, Trouten (7) and Day. Determann, Pfeifer (4), Heffington  (8) and Maxson. W - Willenborg (4-0). L - Determann (0-5). S - Trouten  (4).

 

 

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