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Composite
6
Benedictine (Ill.) BENU 4-3
8
Winner Eastern Connecticut ECSUBB 7-2
Benedictine (Ill.) BENU
4-3
6
Final
8
Eastern Connecticut ECSUBB
7-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Benedictine (Ill.) BENU 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 6 7 3
Eastern Connecticut ECSUBB 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 9 1

W: Jordan Muchin (2-0) L: Nesbitt, Christopher (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tim Calderwood

Baseball Bested on Walk-Off Homer

AUBURNDALE, Fla. - The Benedictine University baseball team, receiving votes in the D3baseball.com Top 25, fell to another program receiving votes, Eastern Connecticut State, on a two-run walk-off homer in the ninth inning.

FINAL SCORE
Eastern Connecticut State 8, Benedictine 6

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first as Chayancze Stirbis led off the game with a walk before coming around to score on a groundout from Nick Severino
• Eastern Connecticut instantly responded, scoring four times in the bottom of the inning to open a 4-1 lead
• Trailing 5-1, Benedictine began to rally with two runs in the fifth inning
• Andrew Hotze logged a two-out single and was along for the ride on a two-run homer from Frank Greco, making his first start of the season
• Three more runs came across in the seventh, enabling Benedictine to lead for the first time
• All three runs came across unearned following a two-out error
• Brandon Gipson plated two runs with a single
• Eastern Connecticut was able to tie the game in the bottom of the inning and connected on the game-winner with one away in the ninth

STAT LEADERS
• Three of the seven Benedictine hits came from Gipson, who also drove in a pair of runs
• The homer was just the second of the trip for Benedictine
• Eastern Connecticut connected on three longballs in the win
• Michael Lorenzi started on the hill and was relieved by James Holub in the second
• Holub went on to throw 5.1 innings, allowing just one hit
• Holub walked three and struck out eight while Marty Maves also worked 1.1 frames
• Christopher Nesbitt took the loss

UP NEXT
Benedictine (4-3) takes on Grinnell College tomorrow morning
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