Schaumburg, Ill. - The Dominican University baseball team hosted the Green Knights of St. Norbert College Thursday night for a conference double header.
Game 1 Results:
DU:7
St. Norbert:6
How it Happened:
-St.Norbert scored first by scoring a run on two hits in the first inning.
-The Stars tie the game at one by an RBI single off the bat of Sophomore
Braiden Galvin
-The Green Knights took the lead back in the top of the third by scoring a run on two hits.
-St. Norbert added to the lead in the 5th by scoring two runs on four hits.
-Dominican chipped into the lead by scoring a run off a sacrifice fly by Junior
Grayson Downing. Making the score 4-2
-DU was not done scoring in the bottom of the seventh Sophomore
CJ Kalekas delivered an RBI single. Senior Garrott Wano gave Dominican the lead with a two out RBI single.
-The Green Knights tookt the lead in the top of the ninth by scoring two runs on two hits.
-Dominican tied it up in the bottom of the ninth by a throwing error of the St. Norbert catcher.
-The game remained tied at six for the next nine innings.
-In the bottom of the 19th inning Dominican wins it off the bat of Kalekas.
-This broke the NACC record for a longest single game in innings with 19 completed innings.
Shining Stars:
-Senior Garrott Wano led the Stars with 2 RBIs and going 3-6 with 3 walks.
-Sophomore
CJ Kalekas went 3-10 driving in a run
-Junior
Grayson Downing went 3-7 with a walk.
-Freshman
John Tormey went 3-8 with a walk
-5th Year
Hayden Young started the game going 6 innings with 5 strikeouts.
-The Bullpen of
Payton Brooks,
Chris Kendziora,
Tyler Ferraro, Joey Haslem, and
Carson Harvey accounted for 13 innings and only giving up two runs.
Leading the Way:
Hits: Wano, Kalekas, Downing, Tormey (3)
RBI: Wano (2)
2B: Wano, Brandt, Tormey (1)
3B: Partridge (1)
IP: Young (6)
Ks: Young (5)
Game 2 Results:
DU:8
St. Norbert :7
How it Happened:
- St. Norbert once again got on the board first scoring 3 runs in the top half of the third.
-Stars tied it up in their half of the third off an RBI single from Downing and Wano triple.
-The Green Knights scored three runs in the top of the sixth making the score 6-3.
-Dominican got a run back in the bottom of the sixth from a sacrifice fly off the bat of Freshman
John Tormey.
-St. Norbert added a run in the top of the ninth making it 7-4.
-The bats came alive for Dominican in the bottom of the ninth with a two run RBI triple from Junior
Matt Galdi.
-Wano tied the game up on an RBI double.
-Sophomore
Gavin Zappe walked it off for the Stars on an RBI single.
Shining Stars:
-Wano had a big game with 3 of the 8 RBIs for the team.
-Freshman
Zach Helein wnt 2-4 at the plate.
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Ethan Shepherd and
Matthew Hannafin both did their job and combined for 11 strikeouts.
Leading the Way:
Hits: Downing, Wano, Helein (2)
RBI: Wano (3)
2B: Wano (1)
3B: Wano, Tormey (1)
IP: Shepherd (5.2)
Ks: Shepherd (8)
What's Next:
The Dominican University baseball team will be back in action Monday April 10th on the road at Edgewood College for a double header starting at 12:00 p.m.
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