RIVER FOREST, IL - A two-out run in the top of the ninth sent the Benedictine University baseball team to a 13th straight victory.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 2, Concordia Chicago 1
THE DETAILS
- A well pitched contest throughout, both teams scored runs in the fifth inning
- Ryan Doubek opened the inning with a leadoff double
- Jack Surin singled home the first run of the contest with two outs
- Concordia Chicago tied the game in the bottom of the inning
- Nic Presutti opened the ninth by reaching on an error and pinch runner
Anthony Lenza was sacrificed to second
- With two outs,
Kyle Mitter made the hosts pay with an RBI single to right, scoring Lenza with the go-ahead run
- The teams played just a single game due to morning weather and will complete the series at Concordia Chicago on Monday afternoon
STAT LEADERS
- Ryan Renken started on the mound and tossed six innings, allowing just one run on four hits with a walk and five strikeouts
- Simon Herold grabbed the win in relief with two scoreless innings and
Ryan Litavecz saved his fourth game of the year with two strikeouts in the ninth
- Surin and
Cameron Falk notched two hits as Benedictine totaled six
UP NEXT
Benedictine (19-6, 7-0 NACC) hosts Concordia Chicago in a doubleheader on Sunday.