The Illinois College BlueBoys 2013 baseball squad split the season opening doubleheader in Ft. Myers Florida yesterday with Eastern Nazarene College losing game one 5-0 and winning game two 2-1.
In game one the BlueBoys managed only five hits in the 5-0 loss. Nick Visconti (Godfrey, Illinois) went four innings, gave up four earned runs and suffered the loss.
Nate Jones (Belleville, Illinois) earned the victory in game two throwing all seven innings allowing one earned run on 6 hits and striking out five. The BlueBoys scored all their runs they needed in the bottom of the sixth on a triple by Ben Heinemann (Jacksonville, Illinois) and a double from Josh Krumwiede (Carrollton, Illinois).
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Nate Jones (Belleville, Illinois) earned the victory in game two throwing all seven innings allowing one earned run on 6 hits and striking out five. The BlueBoys scored all their runs they needed in the bottom of the sixth on a triple by Ben Heinemann (Jacksonville, Illinois) and a double from Josh Krumwiede (Carrollton, Illinois).