May 8, 2007
Box Score
Evanston, Ill.- A shorthanded UIC baseball team dropped a 6-2 contest to Northwestern at Rocky Miller Park on Tuesday afternoon.
Jake Carr (3-for-5) and Ryan Meehan drove in a run apiece for the Flames (26-17).
UIC played without three starters and nine total players that stayed back at campus for final exams, while shortstop Chad Schroeder left the game after his only at-bat to rest a sore back.
Northwestern struck the opening blows after loading the bases in the bottom of the first. Starter Grant Kohlstaedt then hit two batters to drive in two runs but escaped any further damage.
The hosts tacked on two more runs of the unearned variety when an error at short with two out opened the door for three consecutive singles to plate a pair.
Carr drove in UIC's first run in the seventh on a single to left.
After two straight two-out hits in the seventh against Steve Crnkovich added another run to Northwestern's total, the Flames added one in their half of the eighth on Meehan's RBI double.
Zack Wright and Zach Peterson each worked an inning of scoreless relief.
UIC hosts Michigan State this Wednesday at 6:05 p.m.
