The Benedictine University baseball team opened the home and conference portion of the schedule by splitting with Concordia Wisconsin, walking off in 11 innings to take the second contest.
GAME ONE: CONCORDIA WISCONSIN 10, BENEDICTINE 1
Benedictine left 10 on base as the middle of the order produced big for Concordia Wisconsin. The visitors led 2-0 in the second before
Kyle Campbell tripled to the wall in the bottom of the inning and scored the lone run on a double from
Nic Castrovillari. The visitors went on to score in five different innings and starter Zach Slome held Benedictine at bay. Benedictine stranded 10 in the loss.
JT Adams struck out eight in four innings of relief. Castrovillari and
Kevin Butler both tallied two hits.
GAME TWO: BENEDICTINE 4, CONCORDIA WISCONSIN 3 - 11 INNINGS
The hero was
Zach Fell, who reached on a fielder's choice that enabled Butler to score from third and hand Benedictine the win. Benedictine did not lead until the final, playing yet another game decided late. A three-run homer in the third put Concordia Wisconsin ahead. Campbell blasted a two-run shot in the fourth and the tying run scored when
George Betevis crossed on a wild pitch in the seventh. Both teams had several opportunities but the game was not decided until the 11th. Butler opened with a walk and Betevis followed with a single before a wild pitch with one out set the stage for Fell.
Concordia Wisconsin managed just three hits. Benedictine finished with eight, two coming from Betevis.
CJ Jensik struck out nine in five innings of work.
Steven Byrne logged four blank innings with five strikeouts and
Austin Pizer grabbed the win by working the 10th and 11th.
Benedictine (9-6, 1-1 NACC) will head to Aurora on Wednesday.
