Box Score

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Despite leading 4-2 after seven innings, the Illinois Wesleyan baseball team fell to North Central, 5-4, in 11 innings on Friday (April 18) at Horenberger Field in the series-opening match.
 
The Titans drop to 16-11 overall and 10-3 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, while the Cardinals jump to 15-10 overall and 7-6 in the league.
 
The Titans put up three runs with two outs in the second inning. Nick Hahn, who had reached on a fielder's choice, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by freshman second baseman Jarrod Juskiewicz. Third baseman Matthew Mardis' doubled to deep center field to score Juskiewicz and then Mardis scored when the centerfielder misplayed a ball hit by Adam Glogovsky.
 
In the seventh, IWU went ahead 4-2 when Glogovsky doubled down the right field line to run in Juskiewicz, who was hit by a pitch to leadoff the inning.
 
North Central tied the game, 4-4, in the eighth scoring off a walk and wild pitch, and the Cardinals scored the winning run in the 11th on an IWU error.
 
IWU's second pitcher, John Munyon (1-1), got the loss, allowing only one unearned run on one hit with six strikeouts. Starting pitcher Jeff Johnson went seven innings and allowed four runs on five hits with four walks and struck out 11.

HOW IWU SCORED
Illinois Wesleyan 2nd - Frericks, J. singled to left field. Hahn, N. reached on a fielder's choice; Frericks, J. out at second 3b to 2b. Mollo, P. struck out swinging; Hahn, N. advanced to second on a wild pitch. Juskiewicz singled to right field, RBI; Hahn, N. scored. Mardis, M. doubled to center field, RBI; Juskiewicz scored. Glogovsky,A. reached on an error by cf, advanced to second; Mardis, M. scored, unearned. Coonan, T. grounded out to ss. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Illinois Wesleyan 7th - Juskiewicz hit by pitch. Mardis, M. grounded out to c, SAC, bunt; Juskiewicz advanced to second. Glogovsky,A. doubled down the rf line, RBI; Juskiewicz scored. Coonan, T. grounded out to ss; Glogovsky,A. advanced to third. Idstein, D. struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

What's Next?
The Titans will play two CCIW games at Naperville, Ill., against North Central on Saturday (April 19), with the first scheduled for noon.