The Benedictine University baseball team split two games in action on Thursday at the NACC Tournament.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 19, Concordia Chicago 3 - 7 Innings
MSOE 11, Benedictine 5
THE DETAILS
- Benedictine erupted in the first inning of the opener, scoring eight runs to set the tone
- The team recorded four straight hits to open the game and took the lead on a two-run single from
Spencer Geake
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Matt Santarelli singled home a run and
Anthony Mitchell pushed the lead to 5-0 with a two-run single
- 12 men came to the plate in the first inning as
Preston Popovich knocked home two and Tommy Jusi added another RBI
- The lead grew to 15-0 with three in the second, one in the third and three in the fourth
- Benedictine struck early in the second game as well with three first inning tallies
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Justin Nonnenmann scorched a two-run double and Santarelli lifted a sacrifice fly
- After MSOE drew within 3-1 in the bottom of the first, Benedictine stretched the lead to three runs again on a Santarelli RBI single in the third
- MSOE would score 10 unanswered runs, all with two outs to nab the win
STAT LEADERS
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Nic Castrovillari, Santarelli, Jusi and
Hank Friedrich all produced three hits as Benedictine finished with 23 hits in the first game
- Geake finished with four RBIs while Santarelli plated three
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Matthew Purta tossed a complete game in the opener allowing just one earned run
- Popovich, Castrovillari and Mike Budorck notched two hits apiece in the MSOE game
UP NEXT
Benedictine (18-25) will face elimination in the 1:00pm game on Friday afternoon.
