RIVER FOREST, IL - The Benedictine University baseball team opened the final weekend of the season with a split against Concordia Chicago

Benedictine 10, Concordia Chicago 5 - Gm 1
Concordia Chicago 16, Benedictine 8 - Gm 2
• Benedictine jumped ahead in the opening contest by scoring twice in the top of the second
• Jimmy McLaughlin singled home two runs with the bases loaded
• Concordia Chicago, ranked 10th in the nation, tied the game with single runs in the second and third against Benedictine starter
Ryan Miller
• Benedictine scored five unanswered to open a 7-2 edge by plating two in the fourth and three in the fifth
• With two outs and runners at second and third,
Michael Chaffin singled in two in the fourth
• Sam Kerr led off the fifth with a double and
Jack Surin followed with a single
• Two runs scored when
Tyler Woynerowski singled and moved to third on an error
• McLaughlin added a sacrifice fly in the inning
• Holding a 7-3 lead, Benedictine put the game out of reach with three runs in the sixth
• Chaffin doubled with one away and scored on an error
• Surin knocked home a run with a sacrifice and Woynerowski singled home another
• Benedictine did not lead in the second contest as four big innings opened the gates for the six-time defending conference champs
• Down 8-0 after two, Benedictine plated three in the third
• D.J. Dillon led off with a single before
Jack Feeley,
Jonathan Hodo and Feeley drove home runs
• Behind two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth Benedictine battled within 12-8 before a four-run seventh
• Miller threw six innings and allowed five runs but improved to 6-1 in the opener
• Alexander Schram threw the final three innings to notch the save
• Benedictine finished with 13 hits in the opener, three each from Surin and Woynerowski
• Feeley posted a pair of hits in the second contest
• Hodo drove in three while Chaffin and Feeley each knocked in a pair
• Seven different pitchers appeared in game two with no one throwing more than two innings
• James Wright was saddled with the loss

Benedictine (22-15, 11-7 NACC) finishes the regular season on Sunday at home against MSOE.