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Breyden Eckhout
Breyden Eckhout recorded his first-career home run as a Maverick against Wichita State.
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Omaha OMAHA 14-6-1
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Winner Wichita State WSU 12-12
Omaha OMAHA
14-6-1
2
Final
12
Wichita State WSU
12-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Omaha OMAHA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Wichita State WSU 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 X 12 11 0

W: HAASE, Aaron (2-1) L: Brighton, Andrew (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Mavericks Halted By Shockers' First-Inning Scoring Surge

WICHITA, Kan. – The Omaha baseball team saw the nation's longest winning streak end at 10 games as Wichita State won the mid-week contest 12-2 Tuesday night.
 
Wichita State's Aaron Haase improved to 2-0 while Andrew Brighton fell to 2-1 on the season. Breyden Eckhout recorded his first-career home run as a Maverick in the bottom of the third. Jackson Gordon pitched a team-high 5.0 innings in relief with a pair of strikeouts.
 
INSIDE THE INNINGS
The Mavericks fell into an early deficit in the bottom of the first and could not overcome the hole. Wichita State opened the inning with a double and put the next runner on after he was hit by a pitch. The first Shocker run came in as the baserunner came from third and beat Eckhout's throw to home. The Shockers then loaded the bases and cracked a two-RBI single that made it 3-0. The fourth run came unearned on a groundout to Braden Rogers that scored the runner from third.
 
The Shockers' lead extended to 6-0 on a two-run homer to right field.

Eckhout vaulted a solo-shot homer leading off in the top of the third. The junior transfer recorded his first-career home run as a Maverick when he blasted one over the left field wall. The next Maverick run came after Matt Bondarchuk beat the throw to first on a bunt. He then stole second and was brought home by a single-RBI from Rogers.
 
Later on in the inning, Ben Palensky was walked to load the bases for the Mavericks, but a ground out left all three runners stranded.
 
The next run would not come until the bottom of the seventh, when the Shockers hit one out of the park to deep left field and went up 7-2. Another Shocker run came on an Omaha error that scored the team's eighth. The ninth run came unearned on a ground out in the bottom of the eighth. Wichita's 10th run came on a sacrifice fly and the final two runs for the Shockers came on a two-shot homer over left.
 
UP NEXT
Omaha looks ahead to a three-game Summit League series against Western Illinois. The series is scheduled for Friday, March 29, through Sunday, March 31. The games are scheduled to be played at Seymour Smith Park. Live stats and MavRadio will be available to follow on OMavs.com.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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