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Purdue Fort Wayne PFW 9-18
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Winner UIC UIC 14-15
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Purdue Fort Wayne PFW 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 4 0
UIC UIC 3 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 X 11 15 0

W: Nicholson, Bobby (1-0) L: Kevin Fee (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Routs Mastodons, Completes Series Sweep

UIC's offense exploded for 11 runs on 15 hits to secure the four-game sweep

CHICAGO – The UIC baseball team completed a four-game sweep of Purdue Fort Wayne with a dominating 11-4 victory in the series finale Sunday (April 18) afternoon at Granderson Stadium.
 
After scoring seven runs over the first three games of the series, the UIC (14-15, 13-10 HL) offense exploded for six runs over the first two innings. The Flames got on the Mastodon (9-18, 6-14) pitching out of the gate, as the first three batters of the game all reached base with a pair of walks and a hit by pitch.
 
With the bases loaded, Thomas Smart scored on a wild pitch, Cole Conn lifted a sacrifice fly and Cory Moore singled to center to put UIC ahead 3-0 after an inning of play.
 
After Purdue Fort Wayne scored its first run in the top of the second, a pair of UIC long balls extended the lead to 6-1. Ryan Nagelbach hit his fourth home run of the year to lead off the bottom of the fourth before Matt Bottcher tied Nagelbach with his fourth of the season, a two-run opposite field blast to left.
 
Joshua Figueroa extended the lead to 7-1 with an RBI ground-rule double to right center in the bottom of the fourth. The Mastodons tacked on a second run in the fifth inning before the Flames put the game out of reach with a three-run sixth.
 
Moore drove in his second run of the game as his double stayed just inside the foul line down right to drive home Figueroa. Nagelbach delivered a single to right allowing Moore to score and Sean Dee tacked on a run-scoring single to bring home Thomas Norton to make it a 10-2 game.
 
UIC added an extra run in the seventh as Alex Dee hit a pinch hit single up the middle to drive in Bottcher and extend the advantage to 11-2. The Mastodons scored a pair of runs in the eighth to close the books on the 11-4 final score.
 
Bobby Nicholson made his first start of the season Sunday, earning the win with five innings of work. Nicholson allowed three hits two earned runs while striking out one. The bullpen of Tanner Shears, Mark McCabe and Nate Davis worked the final four innings, giving up just two runs on one hit.
 
The Flames hit the road next weekend for a rematch with Milwaukee April 23-25.

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