Thursday, March 25, 2010

Blackburn College Take First Conference Victory Over MacMurray College


Baseball in Illinois News

The Blackburn College Baseball Team racked up 21 hits enroute to an 18-1 run-rule victory at MacMurray College on Tuesday afternoon.


Senior Right-hander Ben Eilerman pitched all seven innings for Blackburn striking out 10 while walking just one. Eilerman moved to 1-3 on the season as the Beavers improve to 4-9.

Blackburn scored three runs in the top of the 1st inning, the first two on a two-run single by Jacob Hainsfurther. The Beavers made it 4-0 after two and then blew the game open with an 11-run third inning. The big hits were a two-run homerun by freshman Cody Unser and a three-run homer by Josh Glisson. Unser also had a two-run single in the same inning. Blackburn added two runs in the sixth inning and one in the seventh to round out the scoring.