OMAHA, Neb. – Omaha baseball extended its winning streak to eight games as the team defeated Purdue Fort Wayne 11-4 in Summit League action Friday evening at Omaha Skutt Catholic High School.

The Mavericks are now 12-5-1 with a 4-0 mark in the Summit League, while the Mastodons fall to 4-16 and 0-4 in league action. 
 
LEADERS
Braden Rogers paced the Mavericks after he went 3-for-5 at the plate with a two-run homer for three RBI. Brett Bonar and Matt Bondarchuk also recorded three hits apiece. Bonarchuk added two RBI while Jack Lombardi had three RBI on one hit.
 
On the mound, Joey Machado improved to 3-1 overall with 10 strikeouts, three earned runs, six hits and two walks allowed through 5.1 innings of work. Cal Hehnke had five strikeouts with a run and two walks allowed through 2.1 innings, while Tyler Daugherty notched his fifth save of the season, which moves him into tied for eighth all-time in program history for saves in a single season.
 
Purdue Fort Wayne's Cameron Boyd fell to 0-5 on the season with four strikeouts, nine hits, five runs, one earned and two walks allowed through 5.0 innings.
 
INSIDE THE INNINGS
Omaha put itself on the board with a Lombardi sacrifice fly that scored Bondarchuk in the top of the first. Purdue Fort Wayne tied it in the next inning on a single-RBI.
 
Omaha tallied its next run in the bottom of the third on Ben Palensky's single through center that scored Bonar for an RBI. The Mavericks churned out three more runs in the top of the fifth. Thomas DeBonville casted a fly ball to right field and reached first on an error. He then rounded second and third, before he reached home on a Mastodon throwing error. That preceded Rogers' two-shot homer over the scoreboard in centerfield that made it 5-1 Omaha.
 
The Mastodons cut into Omaha's lead and made it 5-3 on a double to left center for a pair of RBI. Omaha, however, loaded the bases an inning later in the bottom of the seventh and scored its next run on a balk. Lombardi then singled and scored two more that made it 8-3 Mavericks. A Mastodon sacrifice fly gave them a run in the eighth, but Omaha was able to keep its foot on the pedal and plate three more RBI from Rogers and Bondarchuk to close out the game with a seven-run victory.  
 
LOOKING AHEAD
Omaha now looks ahead to the second game of the series against Purdue Fort Wayne, which takes place tomorrow at 6 p.m. The first pitch is set to take place at Creighton Prep High School. For more information, visit OMavs.com.