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Jacob Key
Steve Woltmann
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UIC UIC 17-14, 10-5 HL
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Winner Oakland OAKLAND 9-25, 7-9 HL
UIC UIC
17-14, 10-5 HL
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Final
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Oakland OAKLAND
9-25, 7-9 HL
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UIC UIC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4
Oakland OAKLAND 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2 6 1

W: Nick Parr (2-5) L: Key, Jacob (5-5) S: Cameron Fuller (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Flames Nipped by Oakland, 2-1

UIC error give Golden Grizzlies go-ahead run in seventh inning

CHICAGO – Offense was at a premium on an incredibly windy day at Granderson Stadium and Oakland scratched out an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh inning to escape with a narrow 2-1 victory.

The Golden Grizzlies were the home team because the series was to be played in Rochester, Mich., but Oakland Baseball Field is unplayable.

Derrick Patrick had a game-high two hits and drove in UIC's lone tally in the top of the sixth. Jacob Key delivered yet another quality start on the mound by allowing one earned run over 7.0 innings pitched. He scattered five hits and struck out seven Golden Grizzlies.

How It Happened
  • Oakland got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Matt DiLeo singled and later scored on a two-out bloop single off the bat of Cherokee LeBeau. Drew Demumbrum, who doubled in the inning, tried to score from second base on the play, but UIC left fielder Thomas Smart cut him down with a one-hop throw to the plate to end the inning.
  • The Flames evened the ledger with a run in the top of the sixth. Ryan Lin-Peistrup led off with a seeing-eye single to right field and he was awarded second when Nick Parr balked. Derrick Patrick stepped up and drove in the UIC shortstop with a single to right field of his own to tie the score at a run apiece.
  • The Golden Grizzlies took the lead back on a gift in the bottom of the seventh. A two-out error allowed LeBeau to score the go-ahead run from second base to give Oakland a 2-1 lead.
  • UIC picked up a two-hit in the eighth inning off the bat of Scott Ota, but he would be the final baserunner of the ballgame for the Flames.
Notable
  • Scott Ota extended his hitting streak to a team-high 16 games with his eighth-inning single.
  • Derrick Patrick has reached base safely in 11 consecutive games. He picked up UIC's first hit of the game, a bunt single, in the top of the first to extend the streak.
  • Patrick produced his sixth multi-hit effort of the season Friday.
  • Jacob Key made his eighth quality start of the season and his fifth against an Horizon League opponent. He struck out seven batters for the fourth time in five starts. He lowered his ERA on the season to 2.48.
  • UIC has been outhit in three consecutive as Oakland picked up six hits to four for the Flames. Friday's game marked the first time in that span, however, that UIC lost the game.
  • Wright State lost at Milwaukee on Friday, 10-6, so UIC maintains a half-game lead atop the Horizon League standings.
On Deck
  • The series will conclude on Saturday, April 20 with a doubleheader.
  • First pitch of the first game is scheduled for 12 p.m. CT. Left-hander Patrick Martin is scheduled to toe the rubber for the Flames opposed by Andrew Hoffmann of Oakland.
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