Fulton, Mo 4/27/2024- The Westminster College baseball team hosted the Mississippi University for Women Owls (MUW) on Saturday. They would need extra innings to decide a winner in game 1. Domenic Nordmann hit a walk-off 2-run home in the bottom of the 11th to put the Blue Jays on top 6-5. The Blue Jays would win game 2, 8-0 to complete the sweep of the Owls. Westminster improves to 15-21 on the season and 8-8 in the SLIAC and moves into 4th place in the conference heading into the final weekend. MUW falls to 20-13 on the year and 10-6 in the SLIAC. They are tied for 3rd place currently.  

Game One: Box Score 

• The Owls jumped out to a quick 2-run lead in the top of the 1st inning and would extend the lead to 3-0 after scoring a run in the top of the 3rd inning.  

• Westminster would get on the board after Troy Romero hit a 2-run home run to right field to make it 3-2 in the bottom of the 3rd inning.  

• Both teams would trade runs in the 4th inning with the Owls leading 4-3 after Domenic Nordmann hit a home run in the bottom of the inning.  

• Hunter Pethan would tie the game, 4-4 in the bottom of the 9th after scoring on a wild pitch.  

• The Owls would score off a wild pitch in the top of the 11th to make it 5-4.  

• Nordmann would step to the plate in the bottom of the 11th with Aden Pecka on 2nd base after drawing a walk and then stealing scored. Nordmann would call the game as he blasted the walk-off 2 run home to right center field to win the game for the Blue Jays, 6-5.  

• Derek Archer would go 6 innings, giving up 4 runs on 6 hits and 1 strikeout. Kobe Allen would come in the 7th inning and went 5 innings, giving up 1 run on 3 hits and striking out 4 batters. Allen would get the win, his 1st of the season.  

Inside the Box Score:  

Domenic Nordmann: 2-5, 3 RBIs, 2 R, 2 HR, 1 BB  

Troy Romero: 3-4, 2 RBIs, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 HR  

Aden Pecka: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 R, 3 BB  

Game Two: Box Score 

• The Blue Jays would put up 5 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning to take a commanding 5-0 lead. They would plate 2 more in the 7th and went on to win the game 8-0.  

• Domenic Nordmann hit a 2-run home run in the 7th, his 3rd home run of the day.  

• Bode Gebbink got the win, improving to 5-6 on the year after going 7 innings, giving up no runs on 4 hits, striking out 5 batters.  

• Gebbink would reach the 200-career innings milestone in the game, tying him for 4th all-time.  

• Charlie Schweppe pitched the final 2 innings to finish out the game. He would strike out 2 and give up 1 hit.