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AJ Taylor
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Murray State MUR 23-16
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Winner UIC Flames UIC 24-12
Murray State MUR
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Final
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UIC Flames UIC
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Murray State MUR 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 12 3
UIC Flames UIC 4 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 15 14 0

W: Lyons, Kendall (3-2) L: Lyke, Ethan (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | AJ Schraffenberger

Baseball Uses Balanced Attack to Earn Series Win Over Racers

Flames Run-Rule Murray State in Sunday Series Finale

CHICAGO (April 21, 2024) – The UIC baseball team (24-12, 9-6 MVC) concluded its three-game series against Murray State (23-16, 7-8 MVC) on Sunday, as the Flames were in search of their third straight series victory. UIC got the bats out early and often, cruising to a 15-5 mercy rule victory in eight innings.
 
COACH'S COMMENTS

 
GAME SUMMARY
  • For the second consecutive day, the Flames got out to a quick start in the home half of the first inning, scoring four runs highlighted by a two-RBI double down the left field line for AJ Taylor (Downers Grove, Ill./College of DuPage).
 

 
  • After an RBI single in the second from Kendal Ewell (Calumet City, Ill./Kentucky), the Racers answered back with a pair of runs in the top of the third to pull the lead down to 5-2 in favor of UIC.
  • The Flames answered with a pair of runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth, taking advantage of an RBI groundout and a Racers throwing error to extend the lead to 7-2. Despite a pair of Racers runs in the top of the fifth, UIC began to pull away in the fifth and seventh innings, pushing across five more runs to pull to 12-5.
  • Zane Zielinski (Chicago, Ill./Lake View) added another insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on a sacrifice fly, bringing the score to 13-5. Ewell ended the game in the bottom of the eighth with a walk-off home run, initiating the mercy rule at 15-5.
 

 
UP NEXT
The Flames remain home this week, as they will host Northern Illinois Wednesday night at Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium. A return to Missouri Valley Conference play follows Wednesday's game, as UIC will welcome Valparaiso to Chicago for a weekend series beginning on Friday, April 26.
 
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