LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University baseball team completed a weekend conference sweep by taking a pair of games from Aurora University at home on Monday afternoon.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 7, Aurora 2 - Game One
Benedictine 7, Aurora 3 - Game Two
THE DETAILS
• Trailing 1-0 in the third, Benedictine struck for three unearned runs and tacked on four in the eighth for insurance in the opener
• Nick Severino notched a one-out single to open the rally
• After
Jack Feeley reached on an error,
Chayancze Stirbis tied the game with an RBI double and
Andrew Hotze singled home a pair
• Joe Palasiewicz kept Aurora at bay on the hill, tossing seven innings
• Aurora pulled within a run in the sixth and left the bases loaded in the seventh
• Tanner Kiser roped an RBI single in the eighth while
Brandon Gipson collected an RBI single and
D.J. Dillon doubled home another run
• The second game saw Benedictine rally from down 2-1
• Stirbis lifted a sacrifice fly in the third to open the scoring before Aurora responded with two in the fourth
• Benedictine took a 4-2 lead by scoring three runs with two outs in the fifth
• McLaughlin tied the game with a single to plate Severino
• Hotze tripled home two more
• Benedictine gained breathing room with three runs in the eighth on a double from Dillon, a sacrifice fly from Severino and a wild pitch
• Aurora was able to put the tying run in the on deck circle in the ninth but
Marty Maves entered from the bullpen and needed just two pitches for the save
STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine posted 11 hits in the opener
• Stibis, Hotze, Kiser and
Jimmy McLaughlin each finished with a pair
• Palasiewicz struck out six in moving to 3-2 on the year
• Will Diessner and
Jacob Trumpis tossed scoreless innings to finish out the win in the opener
• Ivan Guzman moved to 3-1 by working six innings in the second contest
• James Wright returned with two perfect frames
• McLaughlin logged three hits in the second contest while Dillon contributed two
• Benedictine did not make an error in either game of the doubleheader and picked up nine hits in the second game
UP NEXT
Benedictine (17-10, 9-3 NACC) is scheduled to host UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. in a non-conference contest
