University of Illinois 7
Indiana State 6
Illinois scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth with two outs to take a victory away from Indiana State yesterday. Matt Dittman (Libertyville) singled in Josh Parr (Illinois Valley Central) to tie up the game 6-6 and with Adam Davis (Driscoll Catholic) reaching first on a strikeout/passed ball ISU pitching fell apart and walked in the winning run for Illinois. Dittman went 2-5 with a double and 3 rbi's.
Northwestern 6
Campbell 5
Jack Quigley (Birmingham MI) earned the win with 5 2/3rd's innings of scoreless relief. Chris Kontos (Niles West) went 2-4 with a double and a rbi.
Bradley 9
Purdue 4
The Braves scored four runs in the bottom of the 7th to secure the win over Purdue. A two run double from Brad Kimball (Neuqua Valley) and a two run single from Jerrod Eigsti (Eureka) put Bradley up four going into the eighth. Joe Bircher (Omaha Neb.) earned his third win of the season throwing seven innings allowing three earned runs.
Western Illinois 4
Iowa 2
Dan Russel (Illinois Central College, Henry Illinois) pitched 8 1/3rd innings, gave up two earned runs, six strikeouts and zero walks to earn his third win this season. Bryan Jordan (Blackhawk College) and John Koszulinski (Lincoln-Way East) were both 2-4 with an rbi at the plate and Matt Igara (Heartland College, Jacobs High School) went 3-3 with an rbi for Western Illinois.
UIC 3 Cleveland State 2
UIC 13 Cleveland State 1
University of Illinois Chicago Head Coach Mike Dee wins his 400th and UIC starts off 2-0 in Horizon League play. In game one Charlie Weinburg (Eagan Minn.) and Eric Wyman (West Chicago) threw 3 1/3rd innings of scoreless relief and Matt Salemi (Richmond- Burton) pitched 5 2/3rd's giving up two earned to get his second win.
In game two UIC bats came alive as Jon Ryan went 3-4 with two doubles and an rbi, Andy Leonard (Stagg) was 2-2 with a double and two rbi's and Steve McGuiggan (Apple Valley MN) went 3-5 with 2 rbi's. Matt Heaslip (Rockford Guilford) got his second win of the season, pitched 6 innings, had 7 strikeouts and gave up one earned run.
Bowling Green 7
Northern Illinois 2
NIU falls to 5-12 (0-1 in the MAC) as Bowling Green scores 3 in the fourth and two in the fifth. Troy White (Whitney Young) tripled and had 2 rbi's.
Illinois State 6
Oakland 2
Corey Maines (Houston TX) earned his fourth victory (4-0) pitching seven innings, 11 strikeouts with no walks, allowing only two hits and no earned runs. Tyler McNeely (Normal Illinois) went 2-4 with 2 rbi's at the plate for the Birds.
Dallas Baptist 6
Southern Illinois Carbondale 5
Dallas Baptist scored 3 in the ninth to steal a victory from SIU. Cody Forsythe (Calvert City KY) pitched seven innings giving up two runs for a no decision, Donny Duschinsky (Elk Grove High School) went 2-3 with 3 rbi's at the plate.
Savannah State 9
Chicago State 8
Savannah State scored six times in the last three innings as Chicago State drops to 2-10 on the season. Michael Carpen (Albert IN) was 3-3 with an rbi and Albert Carpen (Albert IN) went 2-4 with 2 rbi's at the plate.
