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ORLANDO, Fla. - The Wisconsin Lutheran College
baseball team fell in game two of a doubleheader against Wartburg
College 7-1 on Sunday at Disney's Baseball Spring Training.
Wartburg grabbed the lead first by scoring twice in the third
inning off starter Austin Backhaus (Campbellsport,
Wis./Campbellsport).
Wisconsin Lutheran answered back in the top half of the fourth.
Cody Schmidt (Union City, Okla./Union City) led off the inning with
a triple and scored when Matt Essig (Lewiston, Minn./Luther)
slapped a ground ball to second base.
Wartburg expanded its lead by rallying for five runs in the
fifth inning.
Backhaus suffered the loss despite a strong college debut by
tossing four innings, allowing just two hits, two runs (one
earned), five walks and two strikeouts.
Wisconsin Lutheran (0-2) takes on King's College in a
doubleheader on Monday. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m.
