The Benedictine University baseball team advanced to the double elimination portion of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament by surviving a wild game at home against fifth-seeded Concordia Wisconsin.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 12, Concordia Wisconsin 7
THE DETAILS
- The game was low scoring until the seventh inning
- Benedictine opened the scoring with a run in the second on an RBI double from
Matt Santarelli
- While Benedictine continually produced opportunities, the team could not break through until late
- Concordia Wisconsin tied the game in the third before Benedictine plated a run in the fourth and three in the seventh to lead 5-1
- Santarelli tripled home two in the seventh with
Nic Castrovillari adding an RBI double
- A pair of homers in the bottom of the seventh enabled Concordia Wisconsin to tie the game at 5-5
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Spencer Geake recorded an RBI single in the eighth to put Benedictine ahead 6-5
- Concordia Wisconsin, playing as the home team as the higher seed, struck for two runs in the eighth to lead 7-6
- Benedictine broke through with sixth in the ninth to advance
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Hank Friedrich singled home two, Mike Budorcik added an RBI single and Geake broke the game open with a three-run homer
STAT LEADERS
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Braden Behrens worked seven inningsÂ
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Conner Kendall grabbed the win in relief with two frames including a scoreless ninth
- The offense finished with 18 hits
- Geake was 6-for-6 with four RBIs
- Santarelli and Friedrich both logged two hits with three RBIs
- Budorck and
Preston Popovich both tallied a pair of hits in the victory
UP NEXT
Benedictine (17-24) will play third-seeded Concordia Chicago at 10:00am. All games remaining in the tourney will be played at Benedictine.
