CAROL STREAM, Ill. -- The Illinois Wesleyan baseball team had 14 hits but allowed 13 hits, committed four errors and gave up crooked numbers in four innings in an 8-5 setback to Wheaton College on Wednesday, March 27, at Pfund Stadium in Carol Stream, Ill.

The Titans are 7-8 overall with their fifth straight loss and are 0-1 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin while the Thunder improved to 11-3 overall and are 1-0 in the CCIW.

IWU was in a 4-0 hole after two innings and trailed 6-0 after three. The Titans scored single runs in the fifth, sixth and eighth to close the gao to 8-3 and got two runs in the ninth on a single by junior shortstop Brandon Skopick and doubles from junior third baseman Dalton Fletcher and junior first baseman Garrett Shea.

Freshman designated hitter Evan Ranneklev and senior rightfielder Ben Manski each had three of IWU's 14 hits while Skopick, junior Jeran Simpson and sophomore catcher Eric Kozlowski each had two hits with a sixth inning solo home run from Kozlowski.

Junior lefthander Rory Mulvihill (0-1), the first of eight Titan hurlers, pitched the first two innings and took the loss, allowing four runs on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts.

What's Next?
Illinois Wesleyan hosts North Central in a CCIW doubleheader at 12 p.m. Saturday, March 30. The Cardinals, in a quest for their fifth straight CCIW title, are 10-3 overall and 1-0 in the conference following an 11-1 win over Carroll Wednesday.