NAPERVILLE, IL - The Benedictine University baseball team broke out the bats for a second consecutive contest, winning a road non-conference game at North Central.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 14, North Central 5

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine blew the game open with a huge top of the second
• Jack Surin opened the inning with a solo homer, just the second of the season hit by Benedictine
• Cameron Falk followed with a single and Benedictine was able to load the bases with no outs
• Michael Chaffin drove home the second run with a bases loaded walk
• Jimmy McLaughlin added an RBI single to make the score 3-0
• Jack Feeley reached on an error as another run came around
• Surin delivered his second homer of the inning with two outs, a grand slam
• North Central plated a run in the bottom of the inning against starter Justin Sosa before McLaughlin doubled home a run in the third, once again making the lead eight runs at 9-1
• Both teams scored in the fifth
• Chaffin opened with a single and scored on a two-out double from Damen Castillo
• North Central pulled within 10-4 by scoring twice in the fifth
• Benedictine tacked on three runs in the seventh to pull away
• Surin drove home his sixth run of the day with a bases loaded single
• Falk added an RBI on a fielder's choice and Chase Patterson lifted a sacrifice fly
• Tyler Woynerowski capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the eighth

STAT LEADERS
• Surin finished with three hits, homering twice and driving home six
• McLaughlin also posted three hits, drawing two walks
• Brenden Norberg came in late and posted doubles in both of his plate appearances
• Benedictine drew eight walks in the game and took advantage of five errors, totaling 15 hits to match a season high
• Eight of the hits were for extra bases
• Sosa tossed five innings to pick up the win, his first of the year
• Sosa surrendered two runs on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts
• Ryan Litavecz logged two innings, notching a pair of strikeouts
• Marty Maves pitched the eighth and Ty Liaromatis handled the ninth

NOTES
• Over the last two games, Benedictine has scored 29 runs on 29 hits with 13 extra-base hits

UP NEXT
Benedictine (12-9) travels to MSOE for a conference doubleheader on Friday