Marian University baseball (16-13, 10-6 NACC) was defeated by No. 14 Benedictine 8-0 and 7-5 on the road.
GAME 1
- The Sabre offense had a tough time in the opener of the doubleheader managing only three hits.
- Benedictine opened with five runs in the first and was able to put the game out of reach with three more runs in the fifth.
GAME 2
- Marian struck first in game two with graduate student Dylan Pease driving a run in the second.
- Junior Riley Palmquist then put Marian ahead 2-0 in the fourth with a run-producing single.
- After a run from Benedictine in the fifth, Palmquist would leave the yard in the next half inning to put Marian ahead 3-1.
- The two-run cushion became just one again with an Eagle run in the sixth.
- Benedictine was able to get to the Sabre bullpen in the seventh scoring three runs to take its first lead of the game at 5-3.
- Marian quickly responded in the top of the eighth when junior Gus Walker tied the game at 5-5 with a single.
- A long ball from Benedictine in the bottom of the eighth proved to be the difference, however, as the Eagles were able to secure a sweep.
Senior Riley Palmquist was 3-for-4 with two runs driven in and two runs scored in game two. | |
Junior James Bornick had two of the three Marian hits in game one. | |
Junior Gus Walker tied the game in the eighth of game two with a single that scored two runs. |