Washington University’s baseball team defeated Westminster College, 5-0, Thursday April 5 in Fulton, Mo., giving WU head coach Ric Lessmann his 1,300th career win. Lessmann, who has a 1,300-509-1 (.719) career record, is only the 14th coach in college baseball history—including NCAA, NAIA and Junior Colleges—to win 1,300-plus games.
Senior Arden Farhi led off the top of the second inning with a base hit to left center field, and freshman Remy Midkiff singled Farhi home for a 1-0 Bears lead. Senior Eddy Hoering added an RBI single in the third inning, and Farhi’s sacrifice fly scored sophomore Zander Lehmann for a 3-0 edge in the fifth.
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The Red and Green added two more runs in the seventh to round out the scoring. Midkiff, senior Andy Shields and sophomore Dave Working finished with two hits apiece, while Farhi scored twice. Shields’ two hits also moved him into second place on the WU career hits list (178).
Sophomore Brian Williams turned in a dominant complete-game performance on the mound. Williams struck out 10 Westminster batters and allowed just three walks and three singles (including two infield hits). With the win, Williams improved to 7-1 on the season and upped his team-leading strikeout total to 66.
In his 14 seasons at the helm of the Washington U. baseball team, Lessmann, a native St. Louisan, has a 331-184-1 (.642) record on the Danforth Campus.
Washington U. (22-5) returns to action at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, for a doubleheader at DePauw University.