LISLE, Ill. - Playing as the away team, the Benedictine University baseball team split a pair of conference contests with Wisconsin Lutheran on Saturday afternoon.
BENEDICTINE 6, WISCONSIN LUTHERAN 2 - Game OneBenedictine put up two runs in three different innings to build a 6-0 advantage and hold on in the first game.
Benedictine grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second.
Nick Fillmore led off with a single and was sacrificed to second.
Matthew Higgs opened the scoring with an RBI fielder's choice. With two outs,
Brandon Clark extended the lead with a double. Two more runs came across in the fifth.
Erik Callaghan led off with a single and
Tim Hendricks followed with a double. A sacrifice fly from
Max Oppenheimer extended the advantage to 3-0 and Hendricks came around on a wild pitch.
Clark drilled a two-run homer with two outs in the sixth to cap the scoring in his return to the lineup. The 6-0 edge held until the seventh, when Wisconsin Lutheran scored twice to break a streak of 24.2 scoreless innings by the Benedictine pitching staff.
Cody Netzel tossed 6.2 innings on the hill to earn his third win.
Alex Wolfe pitched the final 2.1 for the save. Oppenheimer, Callaghan, and Clark picked up two hits each. The win put Benedictine at the .500 mark for the first time this season.
WISCONSIN LUTHERAN 8, BENEDICTINE 6Wisconsin Lutheran scored in the first four innings and held off a Benedictine rally to salvage a split.
The Warriors netted two in the first, three in the second, one in the third, and two more in the fourth to take control early. Trailing 5-0, Benedictine plated three runs in the top of the third on five singles.
Justin Kovalsky and
Kyle Bock lifted sacrifice flies in the frame with
D.J. Dillon registering an RBI single.
After Wisconsin Lutheran stretched the lead to 8-3, the bullpen did not allow another run.
Matt Bohanon allowed just two hits in 2.1 innings of relief.
Joe Palasiewicz worked the final 1.2. Benedictine scored three in the sixth and left the tying runs on base in the eighth. Oppenheimer picked up an RBI single in the sixth with Kovalsky adding a two-run double. Benedictine managed 12 hits in the second contest. Hendricks and Oppenheimer recorded three each at the top of the lineup.
Benedictine (11-12, 6-2) returns to the field on Sunday afternoon for a 1:00 p.m. home doubleheader with Aurora. The Eagles are tied for first in the conference with Concordia Chicago.
