CAROL STREAM, Ill. – The MSOE baseball traveled down to the suburbs of Chicago in their to competing in the Midwest. The Raiders dropped game on to Wheaton College on a walk-off, but came back in game two to split with the Thunder.
RESULTS
MSOE RAIDERS – 1
Wheaton – 2
MSOE RAIDERS – 9
Wheaton - 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Game One
- After a quiet first two innings, Brandon Beauchamp put the first run on the scoreboard for either side, singling up the middle to bring Christian Bosque home to score. Tyler Gronert got the nod for MSOE (6-5, 0-0 NACC), going seven innings and striking out eleven batters, but allowed the first run of the game in the sixth as Wheaton (6-8, 0-0 CCIW) to tie it up. In the bottom of the ninth, the Thunder put the pressure on having the bases load, as they delivered to walk it off 2-1.
- Game Two
- The Raiders jumped out to an earlier lead than in game one as Sam Meidenbauer ran out the double play the Thunder tried to turn to bring Blake Hall in, followed by Chris Barnes bringing him in to score to make it 2-0 early. The Raiders then broke it open in the third inning, highlighted by Kyle Labedz singling through the right side for a two RBI single as the Red & White had a 7-0 lead.
- Caden Morton started in game two and went the complete seven innings, striking out seven Thunder batters and only allowed three hits. The Thunder cut into their deficit in the bottom half of the third and sixth, but the Raiders match in the fifth with Labedz and Collin Truitt bringing runs in as the Raiders closed things out for a 9-2 victory.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will start their conference play on Wednesday, March 27
th, as they host Marian University at MSOE Raiders Stadium. Game one is set for 3:00 PM and Game Two for 6:00 PM.
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