SAUGET, Ill. – The MSOE baseball team split Saturday, defeating Central College with Jake Franks having five RBIs before falling to Westminster College.

RESULTS
MSOE RAIDERS - 9
Central - 4

MSOE RAIDERS - 4
Westminster - 14

HOW IT HAPPENED

• vs. Central
  • MSOE (4-3, 0-0 NACC) swung the bats early as back-to-back doubles in the top of the first as AJ Le drove in Christian Bosque for the first run of the game. Jake Franks continued to showcase his power, blasting a three-run home run in the second inning, making it 4-0 early.
  • Zach Brzezinski held Central (2-3, 0-0 American Rivers) scoreless for the first four innings until they put up a two spot in the fifth. Charlie Claas would answer in the sixth, driving in Jordan Skolmar on a sacrifice fly before Franks would add two more on and RBI double to make it 7-2. The Raiders would add on two more runs, one in the seventh and one in ninth, being an AJ Le blast. 
• vs. Westminster
  • Westminster (4-7, 0-0 SLIAC) got after the Raiders in a hurry, putting up seven runs in the first inning. Camden Hoier got the Raiders on the scoreboard, driving in Skolmar and Bosque on a single to right, making it 7-2. The Bluejays added four more to lead 11-2 after five innings.
  • The Raiders chipped away at the deficit in the sixth after Riley Kempf raced from second to home after an error from the Bluejays. Robby Erickson would add in another run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly that would score Ben Sullivan, but the Blujays added three in the bottom half to end it.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• vs. Central
  • Jake Franks – 2 for 5, 5 RBIs, 1 Run, 1 Home Run
  • Zach Brzezinski – 7 innings, 10 Strikeouts, 2 Earned Runs
• vs. Westminster
  • Camden Hoier – 1 for 1, 2 RBIs, 2 Walks
  • Robby Erickson – 2 RBIs

WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will have a rematch with the Dutch tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. to wrap up the weekend.

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