The Benedictine University baseball team put forth a valiant effort but could not overcome a third elimination game in seeing the season come to a close in the conference tournament early on Saturday morning.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 5, Edgewood 4
Concordia Chicago 10, Benedictine 8
THE DETAILS
- Benedictine grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first against Edgewood
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Spencer Geake posted an RBI single to open the scoring and made it 2-0 in the third with a double
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Matt Santarelli made the score 3-1 with an RBI double in the fifth
- Edgewood was able to tie the game behind two runs in the sixth
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Mike Budorick doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth and Tommy Jusi notched an RBI single in the ninth to add needed insurance
- Edgewood scored in the bottom of the ninth but a great catch deep in left field by
Steve Dabrowski preserved the victory in the first elimination game
- Facing a rematch from an early tournament game on Thursday, Benedictine fell behind 2-0 to Concordia Chicago in the first
- The team responded with three in the bottom of the frame on a bases loaded double from
Nic Castrovillari to take the lead
- Benedictine went on to hold an 8-2 lead with a run in the second and a four spot in the fourth
- Concordia Chicago stayed patient and drew within 8-6 behind four runs in the sixth
- The visitors drew within a run by scoring a single tally in the seventh and grabbed the lead with three in the eighth
- Benedictine put the tying runs on base in the ninth but could not even the score
STAT LEADERS
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Luke Hickey allowed just one earned run in 7.2 innings to earn the victory
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Jason Gutkowski threw the final 1.1 to notch the save
- Jusi and
Hank Friedrich finished with three hits as Benedictine tabulated 14 in the win
- Six different individuals posted hits in the loss to Concordia Chicago and five pitchers appeared in the final game of the year
FINAL RECORD
Benedictine finished the season with a 19-26 record.
