It’s a good sign for the Shockers when helmets, bats, batting gloves and water bottles are strewn about near Wichita State’s dugout after a baseball game. It’s even better when WSU’s players are similarly scattered.
The Shockers got plenty of practice at both during and after Sunday’s 4-3 win over Valparaiso at Eck Stadium, which gave them a weekend series sweep and bumped their record to 14-13.
The game-winning ninth-inning rally was preceded by WSU’s first triple play since 2002, which prompted a frenzied reaction from players spilling from the first-base dugout.
The second celebration happened minutes later as Travis Young notched his second game-ending hit of the series, a single to right field that scored Noah Croft from third base.