WSU baseball sweeps Furman
Wichita State pitchers continued to baffle Furman on Sunday.
Five Shocker pitchers combined to hold Furman to two hits and struck out 12, and WSU (17-4) completed a three-game weekend sweep with a 3-1 victory Sunday at Eck Stadium.
In the series, Furman batters fanned 37 times, getting just 10 hits and scoring four earned runs. Furman is 13-11.
Travis Young opened the bottom of the third with a bunt single, and Luke Ritter followed with a single. Trey Vickers’ single loaded the bases. Alec Bohm walked to force in Young, then Paxton Wallace hit into a double play, scoring Ritter and giving WSU a 2-1 lead.
Ritter’s third homer of the season in the eighth give the Shockers an insurance run.
Tommy Barnhouse made his first start of the season, going four innings, allowing two hits and striking out his season-high eight batters.
Notes: Greyson Jenista did not play because of a foot injury. He had started 117 straight games. He has compiled a .505 on-base percentage this season.… WSU is 13-1 at home. WSU has 26 homers in 21 games.
Furman | ab | r | h | bi | Wichita St. | ab | r | h | bi |
Andrsn cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Ritter rf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Huebner ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vickers ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Crwfrd 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bohm 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Elmy 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wallace dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kay rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trtwne c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alley dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kocis 1b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taplett c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | O’Brien 1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Love 2b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Boyer 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Richards lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | DeBckr lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Young cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Totals | 29 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Furman | 001 | 000 | 000 | — | 1 2 0 |
Wichita St. | 002 | 000 | 01x | — | 3 7 1 |
E: Vickers (2). DP: Furman. LOB: Furman 4, WSU 3. HR: Ritter (3). CS: DeBacker (1).
Furman | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Lazzaro L,2-3 | 7 2/3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Hawkins | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wichita St. | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Barnhouse W,2-1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Lungwitz | 2 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
McGinness | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sanburn S,3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
T: 2:17. A: 1,361.
This story was originally published March 25, 2018 at 4:47 PM with the headline "WSU baseball sweeps Furman."