The University of Illinois Springfield baseball team split a pair of games in a doubleheader against McKendree on Saturday at UIS Baseball Field. The Prairie Stars move to 14-10 on the season with a 5-6 record in GLVC play. The Bearcats move to 8-15 on the season with a 2-8 conference record.
GAME ONE (L, 3-8)
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McKendree took a lead in the second inning with a two-run home run
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The Bearcats added three more runs in the third to take a 5-0 lead
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UIS cut the lead to two in the bottom of the third with an RBI double from Ivan Dahlberg and a 2 RBI double from Mark Kattula
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McKendree scored another in the fifth with a home run
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The Bearcats added some more insurance runs in the sixth with a sacrifice fly and an RBI double
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Jacob Newman (1-4) took the loss on the mound in 2.1 IP while giving up 5 runs
GAME TWO (W, 11-1)
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McKendree once again took an early lead on an RBI groundout in the first
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UIS took the lead in the third on a 2 RBI single by Mark Kattula
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Mack Clark then grounded out while bringing home a run to make it 3-1 Stars
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In the fourth the Prairie Stars loaded the bases, forcing a run home as Jacyk Uehling walked
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Ivan Dahlberg hit a long foul ball which Johnny Colombo tagged up on to make it 5-1
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Mack Clark smacked a home run in the fifth
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Noah Caceres hit a sac fly in the fifth to bring home another run
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Johnny Colombo then scored on a wild pitch
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UIS added more runs as Johnny Wendling doubled to left
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Drew Ezard scored on a wild pitch in the sixth to make it 11-1 Stars
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Riley Moran (1-1) earned the win, going all seven innings while only allowing 1 hit with 7 strikeouts
Up Next
The series will continue tomorrow with a final game starting at 12:00 p.m.