ROCKFORD, IL - The Benedictine University baseball team added another sweep, grabbing two games at Rockford to run their win streak to 11 games.

FINAL SCORES
Benedictine 7, Rockford 0 - Gm 1
Benedictine 16, Rockford 2 - Gm 2 (Eight Innings)

GAME ONE
- Benedictine scored four runs in the top of the second to take control early
- Kyle Mitter notched a two-run single and two more runs scored on an error
- Jack Surin accounted for the rest of the offense with one swing in the fifth, a three-run homer to make the score 7-0
- The pitching staff, which ranks among the best in the nation, did the rest in recording a fourth shutout of the year, three of which have come in conference

GAME ONE LEADERS
- Justin Sosa struck out 10 in seven innings to improve to 3-0 on the year, allowing just one hit
- Ryan Litavecz tossed the final two frames
- Mitter and Jack Feeley both finished with two hits

GAME TWO
- Rockford struck first in the second contest, opening a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the fourth
- Benedictine went on to score the next 16 runs
- Surin tied the game with a two-run homer in the fifth
- Benedictine opened a 6-2 lead with four in the seventh
- Kevin Bushnell hit a two-run homer to put Benedictine in front and Brenden Norberg added an RBI double before a sacrifice bunt from Mitter
- 10 runs scored in the eighth to blow the roof of the contest
- 15 men came to the plate during the 10-run frame
- Damen Castillo opened the outburst with a two-run homer and would add an RBI double later in the inning
- Benedictine took advantage of a Rockford error to score seven unearned runs in the inning

GAME TWO LEADERS
- Benedictine banged out 17 hits in the second game including 10 for extra bases, three of which were homers
- Castillo logged four hits, three runs and three RBIs
- Bushnell and Anthony Lenza logged three hits apiece
- Drake Berman struck out eight and allowed just one earned run in seven innings of work to grab the win
- Ty Liaromatis finished out the contest

UP NEXT
Benedictine (17-6, 8-0 NACC) will host Elmhurst in a non-conference game on Wednesday night.