LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University baseball team saw their bats come to life in the second game to salvage a split with Lakeland in non-conference play.
FINAL SCORES
Lakeland 4, Benedictine 1 - Gm 1
Benedictine 14, Lakeland 4 - Gm 2 (Eight Innings)
THE DETAILS
• With the new format of the conference schedule, games against the North Division are non-conference affairs
• Benedictine managed just two hits in the opener, the first of which did not come until the fourth inning
• Lakeland took advantage of an error to break a 1-1 tie with three runs in the fourth
• Benedictine scored their lone run in the opener on a wild pitch in the third following three consecutive walks
• Game two seemed like a repeat of the opener until late
• Trailing 4-2 in the fifth, Benedictine pulled within a run in the sixth and batted around, scoring nine times in the seventh to take control
• 16 batters came to the plate in the sixth and Benedictine also stole three bases
• The outburst opened with a solo homer from
Jack Surin to tie the game
• Nic Presutti put Benedictine ahead for the first time in the twinbill with an RBI single
• Kevin Bushnell,
Damen Castillo and
Brenden Norberg also drove home runs during the inning
• Benedictine ended the game with two runs in the eighth on an RBI double from Surin and an RBI single from Bushnell
STAT LEADERS
• Stephen Sewruk suffered the loss in the opener, allowing two earned runs in six innings
• Sewruk struck out six
• Ryan Renken tossed the final three frames, striking out four
• Alexander Schram started the second game and worked three innings
• Drake Berman tossed two innings and
Ty Liaromatis earned the win with 2.1 innings of relief
• Ryan Litaveca finished out the game by recording the final two outs
• Surin, Castillo and
Kyle Mitter all finished with three hits in the second game
• Nine different individuals posted hits
• Surin and Bushnell both knocked home a pair
UP NEXT
Benedictine (3-4) hosts Marian in non-conference action on Wednesday
