RIVER FOREST, IL - The Benedictine University baseball team won a 16th straight game to sweep Concordia Chicago and improve to 12-0 in the NACC.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 14, Concordia Chicago 9
THE DETAILS
- Benedictine opened a 4-0 lead with two runs in each of the first two innings
- With two outs, Jack Feeley scored on an error and Nic Presutti added an RBI single in the first
- The second inning saw Feeley and Jack Surin notch RBI singles
- Runs were plentiful in the contest as Concordia Chicago came back to open a 5-4 lead by scoring in three straight frames
- A sacrifice fly from Damen Castillo and a homer from Kevin Bushnell in the fifth allowed Benedictine to go back in front at 6-5
- Castillo hit a two-run homer in the seventh to make the score 8-5
- Holding a 9-7 lead entering the ninth, Benedictine scored four insurance runs, all unearned
STAT LEADERS
- Benedictine totaled 14 hits
- Surin finished with three hits while Feeley, Bushnell and Anthony Lenza notched two apiece
- Castillo knocked home three runs
- Drake Berman started and threw 3.1 innings
- Simon Herold earned the win with 2.2 innings of relief
UP NEXT
Benedictine (22-6, 12-0) is slated to meet Illinois Tech this weekend after the cancelation of a non-conference game with North Park.
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Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Benedictine (22-6, 12-0) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 4 |
Concordia-Chicago (10-18, 3-9) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 |