LISLE, IL - Playing at home for the final time this season, the Benedictine University baseball team celebrated senior day with a pair of wins over Rockford.
FINAL SCORES
Benedictine 9, Rockford 2 - Gm 1
Benedictine 11, Rockford 1 - Gm 2
GAME ONE DETAILS
• Benedictine set the tone early in the first contest
• Ryan Doubek opened the game with a walk and
Cole Wilson followed with a double
• A wild pitch that issued a walk to
Kevin Bushnell allowed the first run to score
• Following a strikeout,
Andrew Tenison reached on a fielder's choice when his pop up dropped behind second to score Wilson
• The lead reached 3-0 in the second when
Kyle Williams recorded an RBI single
• Peter Turelli homered in the fourth to make the score 4-0
• Three runs scored in the fifth on a bases loaded walk, a passed ball, and a sacrifice fly
• Damen Castillo and Tenison connected on back-to-back homers in the sixth to make the score 9-1
GAME ONE LEADERS
• Robbie Dudzinski improved to 6-0 in NACC starts by tossing six innings, walking two and striking out seven
• Andrew Kurcz worked an inning and
Nolan Fasel tossed the final two
• Benedictine finished with 10 hits, six of which were for extra bases
• Turelli tallied three hits and scored twice
GAME TWO DETAILS
• Benedictine scored a run in the first inning of the second contest as well
• Kevin Bushnell recorded a double and scored when Castillo singled with two outs
• Castillo and Tenison lifted sacrifice flies in the third to make the score 3-0
• Rockford scored a run in the fourth and loaded the bases with no outs but
Simon Herold turned momentum with three consecutive strikeouts swinging
• Wilson doubled home two in the fourth with two outs before Benedictine busted the game open with six in the fifth
• Cole McManus singled home two and Doubek added an RBI single in the frame
• Another run scored on a wild pitch while two came across on bases loaded walks
GAME TWO LEADERS
• Doubek finished with three hits, scoring three times
• Wilson drove home three and
Alex Cameron scored twice
• Herold struck out six in four innings
• Jackson Bahn grabbed the win by fanning seven in three blank frames
UP NEXT
Benedictine (24-11, 18-4) plays the final regular season games at Dominican on Sunday at 4:00 pm. Dominican plays in Schaumburg at Wintrust Field.
