Marian University baseball (0-1, 0-0 NACC) had a late two-run lead split by in a 6-5 loss to Wartburg to open the season.
 

• The Knights were able to plate a pair of runs with two outs to open the scoring in the top of the first.
• Marian was able to plate a run of their own in the bottom half when junior Keon Booker drove home a run.
• A wild pitch in the bottom of the third saw sophomore Ayden Kanaman touch home to even the score at 2-2.
• Then in the fifth inning, Marian took its first lead of the game when junior Lucas Lemons stole third and scored on a throwing error.
• A bases-loaded walk from Kanaman in the bottom of the sixth brought home another Sabre to put Marian ahead 4-2.
• A tough eighth inning saw Wartburg take advantage of three Marian errors to take a 6-4 lead.
• Marian was able to put together a rally in the bottom of the ninth when junior Jason Sims drove in a run with a two-out single.
• That would be as close as Marian would get, however, dropping the first game of the season by a run.

• Each team had seven hits and four errors on the defensive end.
• Of the 11 combined runs, only six of them were earned.
• This marked the earliest season-opening game for Marian in program history.
• This was the first meeting between the two programs.

	Junior Marc Jones had a multi-hit game going 2-for-5.
	Junior Lucas Lemons reached base three times and scored twice.
	Junior Isaac Santos Jr. struck out six hitters over 3.2 innings of work.