CAROL STREAM, Ill. - The Benedictine University baseball team was able to erase a seven-run deficit only to fall on late heroics in a non-conference contest at Wheaton College on Tuesday.

FINAL SCORE
Wheaton 12, Benedictine 11

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine played from behind for most of the contest, chasing deficits of 1-0, 8-1, and 10-7
• Wheaton took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first before Benedictine tied the game in the second
• Dom DeMicco singled and Tanner Kiser followed with a double to start the frame
• Kyle Bock singled home the tying run but Benedictine could not take the lead, stranding a pair
• The hosts were able to retake the lead with two runs in the bottom of the inning and added five in the third to move ahead 8-1
• Benedictine struck for a big inning in the fourth, scoring six times to draw within 8-7
• With one away Bock singled home a run and Nicholas Quick added an RBI double
• Justin Montalvo slammed a three-run homer and the final tally of the frame scored on an error
• Runs in the fourth and fifth allowed Wheaton to pull ahead 10-7 before Benedictine tallied four straight runs
• Brandon Gipson and DeMicco drove home runs in the sixth to bring Benedictine within 10-9
• Erik Callaghan notched an RBI single in the seventh and a two-out single from Chayancze Stirbis handed Benedictine the lead for the first time
• Wheaton tallied the game-winning run on a two-out two-run double in the eighth

FROM THE COACH
"Tonight was a tough loss," said head coach Adam Smith. "We got down early and battled back like we've been doing all year to this point. This marked the third time this season when we have had the lead in the eighth and lost the game, so that's very frustrating. We just have to do the little things much better and we can be a very good team.  Conference starts this Saturday and we'll be ready to play."

STAT LEADERS
• DeMicco and Bock each tallied three hits
• Bock has hit safely in the first 10 games of the season
• Stirbis added two hits and stole a pair of bases
• Benedictine finished with 13 hits, the fourth game with 10 or more hits and the second straight
• Four pitchers appeared in the game with Ivan Guzman starting and throwing three innings
• Alex Wolfe also worked three innings, allowing just one hit
• James Holub, named as the NACC Pitcher of the Week earlier in the afternoon, took the loss with 1.2 innings

UP NEXT
Benedictine (5-5) opens conference play on Saturday afternoon against MSOE