LISLE, Ill. – The MSOE baseball team fell to top seed Aurora University on Friday as the Spartans put pressure with runners in scoring position early in the contest.
RESULTS
No. 2 MSOE RAIDERS – 2
No. 1 Aurora - 12
HOW IT HAPPENED
- MSOE (29-13, 18-6 NACC) put the opening run across in the top of the first after AJ Le drew a two out walk, advancing to third on a single from Camden Hoier. With runners on first and third, the Raiders ran the steal-stop with ease, allowing Le to score to make it 1-0. Aurora (30-12, 20-4 NACC) had bases loaded in the bottom half of the inning, drawing a walk to tie the game before singling into center to take a 2-1 lead after one.
- The Spartans led off the bottom of the second with a home run to extend the lead, adding another in a bases loaded situation to make it 4-1. By the end of the fifth, the Spartans had doubled their run total, put two across in the fourth and fifth to make it 8-1. With two outs in the seventh, Charlie Claas brought a spark as he doubled down the left field line to bring up Christian Bosque, who singled him in a ball up the middle to make it 8-2. The Spartans would answer that run in the bottom half of the inning, scoring three more in the eighth to end the game early.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders head to the elimination side of the bracket will face either No. 3 seed Concordia University Chicago or No. 8 seed Benedictine University at 4:00 p.m.
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