LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University baseball team racked up double-digit hits in both ends of a doubleheader sweep over Wisconsin Lutheran College on Saturday afternoon.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 12, Wisconsin Lutheran 2 - Game One (Seven Innings)
Benedictine 7, Wisconsin Lutheran 3 - Game Two
THE DETAILS
• Benedictine played as the visiting team and wore grey in both games as the contests were moved from Wisconsin due to poor field conditions
• The middle of the lineup posted nine hits, scored nine runs and drove home five in the opener
• Frank Greco moved to 6-0 in as many starts by allowing two runs in six innings
• Wisconsin Lutheran scored in the bottom of the first, but Benedictine scored in five different innings to put the game out of reach
• Erik Callaghan and Tanner Kiser notched back-to-back singles in the second before Brandon Gipson drove home a run with a single to tie the score
• Nick Severino handed Benedictine the lead by lifting a sacrifice fly
• Holding a 5-1 lead, Andrew Hotze and Callaghan hit back-to-back homers in the fourth
• The top third of the lineup did the work in the second contest, combining for six hits, two runs and four RBIs
• Benedictine did not trail, opening a 2-0 lead in the second for starter Ryan Miller
• Kiser led off with a double and scored on a wild pitch
• Severino doubled and jogged home on a single from Jack Feeley
• Wisconsin Lutheran scored three times in the seventh to chase Miller, but another RBI single from Feeley in the eighth turned the momentum
STAT LEADERS
• Chad DeGroot finished off the opening victory by working a scoreless seventh
• Kiser posted four hits, scored three times and drove home a pair in the first game and finished with six hits and four RBIs in the twinbill
• Callaghan finished 3-for-3 with four runs, two walks and a pair of RBIs
• Severino and D.J. Dillon each tallied a pair of RBIs
• Greco struck out three and allowed five hits in his six innings
• Benedictine logged 14 hits in the opener and 10 in the second
• Miller threw 6.2 innings and did not allow an earned run, surrendering just four hits
• Cooper Murphy, Will Diessner and Marty Maves finished out the win
• Feeley posted two hits and two RBIs in the second contest
• Jimmy McLaughlin, Chayancze Stirbis and Kiser also logged two hits
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Benedictine Sweeps Wisconsin Lutheran
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Game 2
Benedictine
7
Wisconsin Lutheran
3
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benedictine (15-10, 7-3) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
Wisconsin Lutheran (8-14, 2-6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |