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Box Score 2 FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods baseball team dropped the final two games of the three-game series against the Lindenwood-Belleville Lynx Sunday afternoon. WWU fell 8-1 in the first game and 11-0 in the second game. They now sit at 7-18-1 overall, and 2-12 in the AMC.
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WWU returns to action on Tuesday, Mar. 19, as they host Lincoln Christian University for a non-conference doubleheader. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
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Game 1
Both teams got off to a slow start in the earlier innings. It wasn't until the top of the second inning that Lindenwood-Belleville put runs on the board. Drew Guido and Hunter Draffen both scored on a Darius Ford ball in center field to put them ahead 2-0.
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A few pitches later, Ford and Andre Roberts both scored on an Austin Fleming double that went to deep right field. Ahead 4-0, Fleming was able to find home plate himself when Beau Collier singled to center field. Moments later, Collier reached home as well to give Lindenwood-Belleville an early 6-0 lead.
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After falling behind, WWU finally got things going on a
Tyler Bracht run, but he would be the only scorer for Owls in the contest.
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In the top of the fifth inning, Austin Bargen scored the seventh run for the Lynx on a Austin Fleming single.
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Lindenwood-Belleville scored their final run in top of seventh when Fleming found home plate on a WWU error.
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The Owls would not score in the bottom of the seventh, and Lindenwood-Belleville went on to win 8-1.
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Game 2
Lindenwood-Belleville continued their momentum from the first game into game two. In the opening inning, Collier scored the Lynx first run on a Cullen Stockley single and put them up 1-0.
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Lindenwood-Belleville went on to score again in the top of the third inning when Andre Roberts was able to find home plate and give LBU a 2-0 lead.
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They went on to score in 6
th, 7
th and 8
th innings to shutout the Owls 11-0.
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William Woods recorded just two hits in the contest.