Game 2

Marian University baseball (11-16, 5-10 NACC) fell to Aurora by final scores of 7-3 and 15-5 in seven innings.
 

GAME 1 (L, 7-3)

• The Spartans were able to start strong hitting three home runs to lead 4-0 after two innings.
• Marian was able to cut that deficit in half when sophomores Carter Scott and Sawyer Shultis each drove in a run with a single in the fifth.
• The Spartans immediately responded with two of their own in the bottom half.
• A run-producing single from sophomore Ayden Kanaman in the ninth helped put the final at 7-3.

GAME 2 (L, 15-5, 7 Innings)

• The Sabres were able to strike first when freshman Randall Von Haden and Brody Nolan each brought home a run with a single in the first.
• The lead was short lived, however, as Aurora plated four runs in their half of the first frame.
• The Spartans went on to score 14 unanswered runs in total and led 14-2 after three innings.
• Junior Luca Lemons plated two runs in the fourth and sophomore George Hoss Jr. brought home a run in the sixth to put the tally at 14-5.
• Aurora then ended the game early with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

 
GAME 1

• Each team had 13 hits in the game.
• The Sabres had two errors which led to two unearned runs for Aurora.
• Marian allowed six extra-base hits.

GAME 2

• The Spartans held a 13-9 advantage for hits in the game.
• Marian had two defensive miscues again while Aurora had just one.
• The Sabres are now 10-30 all-time against Aurora having dropped the last four meetings.

	Junior Marc Jones was the lone Sabre with multiple hits in both games.
	Sophomore Ayden Kanaman was 3-for-4 with a run driven in in game one.
	Freshman JJ Ackerman tossed the final 3.1 innings of game two allowing only one run on three hits.