LISLE, Ill. – After a slow start for the offenses on both sides, the MSOE baseball team used an explosion in the sixth to cruise past Concordia University Wisconsin in their opening game of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) tournament.
RESULTS
MSOE RAIDERS – 10
Concordia Wisconsin - 0
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Tyler Gronert was apart of keeping things quiet as through four innings, he struck out eight, including striking out the side in the third. MSOE (26-13, 19-5 NACC) were the first to attack the scoreboard after Blake Hall singled to start the inning and then advanced to third on a single from Sam Meidenbauer. Micah Overley grounded into a double play to the second baseman but still brought Hall in to score as the Raiders took a 1-0 lead.
- Concordia Wisconsin (19-21, 12-12 NACC) got out of a bases load jam in the fifth inning but that wasn't the case in the sixth. After back-to-back singles from Hall and Meidenbauer and Overley drawing a walk, Chris Barnes blasted one into the deep left center to clear the bases for a 4-0 game. The bases were loaded once again with Kyle Labedz and Christian Bosque drawing walks a wild pitch from the Falcons brought Barnes as the down pour continued. A walk from Jack Kalitowski loaded the bases once again and Brandon Beauchamp delivered with a two-run single to make the score 7-0. The Raiders continued to create bases loaded situations when Overley stepped in, shooting one into right center to clear the bases they created a run-rule situation with a 10-0 lead. Gronert delivered in the top of the seventh, forcing all the hits to Beauchamp to finish off the Falcons.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders advance to take on No. 3 seed Benedictine University tomorrow, May 11
th, at 10:00 AM to advance to the championship on Sunday.
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