April 28, 2008

Box Score

River Forest, IL - The Dominican University Stars swept a doubleheader with the Concordia University Wisconsin Falcons on Saturday, upending the Falcons 19-9 in game one before edging the Falcons 4-3 in game two. The pair of wins extended the Stars current winning streak to seven games, the longest such streak in the brief history of the Stars' program.

The Stars' offense exploded for ten runs in the first inning of game one, bringing 14 hitters to the plate. The big blow of the inning was a three-run double by shortstop Nate Mercado (Chicago, IL) that scored Jordan French (Waukegan, IL), Joe LasCola (Chicago, IL) and Kevin Cahill (Chicago, IL). The hit was Mercado's second of the inning.

From there the Stars coasted to the win in seven innings. Anthony Davey (Wellington, OH) picked up the win on the mound for Dominican. Logging 5.1 innings of work, scattering five hits and five walks while striking out three and surrendering four earned runs. The win was Davey's fourth of the season, improving his record to 4-2 on the season.

Game two went down to the bottom of the ninth with the Stars trailing 3-2. Keith Halverson (Brookfield, IL) reached on an error by the Falcons' shortstop and then scored on a double by Dominic Tardi (Downers Grove, IL). Tardi advanced to third on a groundout by Mike Albert and then scored on a wild pitch to give the Stars the 4-3 win.

George Hickey (Chicago, IL) picked up the win for the Stars, going two innings in relief. He struck out one and walked one while not allowing a hit.

The Stars streak began last Sunday, April 20 as the Stars swept a Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) doubleheader from Wisconsin Lutheran College, 3-0 and 6-4, before outlasting Lakeland College 6-5 in 16 innings just hours later. The Stars then swept a NAC doubleheader from Maranatha Baptist Bible College on Thursday, knocking off the Crusaders 19-0 in game one and then 9-1 in five innings in game two.