MANHATTAN, KS. – Niagara baseball dropped the second and final game against Kansas State 10-1 on Wednesday afternoon in Tointon Stadium.
 
“When you play really good teams, they expose your weaknesses,” head coach Rob McCoy said.  “Right now, we have a lot of things to work on to get where we want to be.”
 
K-State (8-3) jumped out to an early lead, scoring two runs in each of the first two innings.  Niagara (3-9) answered in the third when Logan Linder  who was named NU Student-Athlete of the Week earlier in the day, led off with a double down the left field line then scored on a wild pitch to make it a 4-1 ballgame.  T
 
That was as close as the Purple Eagles got as the Wildcats added runs in the fourth and sixth innings and ended with a four-run eighth on their way to a 10-1 win.
 
With his third inning double, Linder tied the team-lead lead, with three, and is one extra-base hit away from tying fellow freshman Greg Rodgers with four.  Thomas Rodrigues collected another pair of hits against the Wildcats, with a 2-for-3 outing on Wednesday.  Joel Klock (0-1) was given the loss after pitching four innings and giving up five runs (only two earned) on five hits.
 
The Purple Eagles head right to Lawrence, KS for a four-game set against the Kansas Jayhawks.  First pitch on Thursday is scheduled for 4 p.m.