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.
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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).
The 2010 Midwest Baseball Conference Championship starts today with Illinois College vs St. Norbert and Ripon vs Grinnell.
Illinois College (15-14) will play St. Norbert (23-10) at William Penn University on May 14th at 9:00 am. #1 Seed Grinnell will play Ripon at Grinnell College on May 14th at 9:00 am. All of the remaining games will be played at Grinnell College (2010 Tourament Host).
Remaining schedule is below..
May 14th
Game 3 - Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner 12:30 pm
Game 4 - Game 1 loser vs Game 2 loser 3:30 pm
May 15
Game 5 - Game 4 winner vs Game 3 loser 10:00 am
Game 6 - Game 3 winner vs Game 5 winner 1:00 pm
Game 7 - If necessary - Repeat of Game 6 4:00 pm
News and Notes from Illinois teams in the Midwest Conference..
Monmouth College
Monmouth has started the season 5-11, but is an impressive 4-2 at home. Led by pitcher Corey Gruber’s 2.58 ERA and 3-1 performance on the mound, the Scots have also seen strong performances at the plate from Tom Shaver and Terry Davis, who have batted in 12 and 10 runs, respectively.
Illinois College
Illinois College has had a strong start to the season, boasting a 8-5 record and picking up two wins against MWC division foe Knox. Ian Vandeford and Adam Baran lead the way for the Blueboys. Baran totals 12 RBIs and is tied for second with Vandeford with 2 HRs. Vandeford is also batting .396 and has started all 13 games for Illinois College.
Knox College
Knox dropped two games to Illinois College in its MWC opener and has started the season 6-7. Junior Bob Dempster has notched 12 RBI’s on the year with one home run. Junior Colin Davis has handled a load of the pitching duties for the Prarie Fire, going 1-2 in three starts with a 3.05 ERA.
