FOND DU LAC - Marian University baseball (6-11, 1-5 NACC) suffered a sweep against Illinois Tech falling 12-5 and 9-6 in 10 innings.
GAME 1
- Illinois Tech opened the scoring with two runs in the first and another in the third.
- A solo shot from junior Danny Santiago in the third put Marian on the board, and junior Jason Sims tied the game in the fourth driving in a pair of runs with a single.
- The Scarlet Hawks retook the lead with three runs in the fifth and broke the game open with a five-run seventh.
- Freshman Connor Schroeder drove in a pair of runs with a double in the ninth to put the final at 12-5.
GAME 2
- The Scarlet Hawks were able to jump out to an early lead in game two as well plating a pair of runs in the first.
- A run-producing single from Santiago cut the Marian deficit in half in the second inning.
- Illinois Tech was able to plate a run in each inning from the fourth to the seventh to lead 6-1.
- The Sabre rally began after the stretch when freshman Randall Von Haden hit a pinch-hit three-run homer.
- Schroeder then put Marian within one with a bases-loaded walk later in the inning.
- The Sabres were down to their final out before a failed pickoff attempt help put junior Marc Jones on third.
- The next pitch saw Jones touch home to tie the game off of a wild pitch.
- The Scarlet Hawks responded plating three runs in the top half of the 10th inning.
- Marian was able to bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom half but were unable to plate any runs.
GAME 1
- The Sabres were outhit by a 15-8 margin.
- Marian had a pair of errors defensively that led to one unearned run.
GAME 2
- Illinois Tech held a 14-7 ege for hits.
- The Sabres had four defensive miscues, which led to two unearned runs.
- The Scarlet Hawks also had an error and it led to one unearned run.
- Marian stranded the bases loaded in the second and third inning.
- The Sabres are now 7-14 all-time against the Scarlet Hawks with just a 1-5 record at home.
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Junior Danny Santiago had a hit and drove in a run in each game. |
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Freshman Randall Von Haden hit a pinch-hit three-run homer in game two. |
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Sophomore Sean Severson threw the final 2.0 innings of game one allowing only two hits. |
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Wednesday, April 1
Fond du Lac Baseball Complex
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