Box Score OMAHA, Neb. -- The Omaha baseball team saw its weekend series come to a close Sunday, falling 7-1 to Fort Wayne at the Ballpark at Boys Town. The Mavericks are now 17-23 (10-11 Summit League) on the season, while IPFW improves to 24-16 (12-9 Summit League) in completing the weekend sweep.

Evan Miller (5-2) earned the win in his 8.0-inning start, allowing one run on four hits and two walks with 13 strikeouts. Sophomore right-hander Brett Sasse (0-1) took the loss, giving up five runs (four earned) on four hits and two walks in 1.1 innings of relief.

Junior Clayton Taylor led Omaha at the plate, finishing 2-for-4 for the day.

Miller's stellar effort on the mound held Omaha hitless until the third inning, as he struck out six straight to start the game. Fort Wayne's offense started slowly, tallying its first score on a solo home run to left by Brandon Soat in the top of the third.

The Mavericks then knotted the score in the bottom half of the inning. Junior Alex Mortensen led off with a double to left and went to third on a sacrifice bunt by senior Justin Threlkeld. As junior Collin Leif struck out swinging in the next at-bat, Mortensen stole home to bring the game to a 1-1 tie.

In the sixth, Greg Kaiser led off with a double to right and advanced to third on a throwing error on the play. Two batters later, Shannon Baker's sacrifice fly to left drove in Kaiser to help IPFW regain the lead at 2-1.

The Mastodons' advantage was swiftly extended to 6-1 in the seventh on a Shane Trevino grand slam over the left field wall. Fort Wayne added one last run in the eighth with Kaiser's RBI single to left, which drove in Evan VanSumeren for a final score of 7-1.

Omaha returns to action on Friday, May 1, hosting Oral Roberts with first pitch at 1 p.m. at the Ballpark at Boys Town. Links to live stats and audio will be available on OMavs.com.