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Belmont BEL 24-30, 13-12 MVC
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Winner UIC Flames UIC 18-31, 14-11 MVC
Belmont BEL
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UIC Flames UIC
18-31, 14-11 MVC
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Belmont BEL 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 8 2
UIC Flames UIC 0 2 1 1 3 3 3 13 19 0

W: Egan, Tommy (5-2) L: RUZICKA, Joe (5-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Balanced Effort Drives Baseball To Run-Rule Win Over Belmont

Flames pile up 13 runs on 19 hits in less than seven innings to capture opener of key MVC series

CHICAGO – On an afternoon where temperatures approached 90 degrees in the Windy City, among the few things hotter were the UIC bats as the Flames (18-31, 14-11 MVC) pounded out 19 hits and scored in each of the final six innings to storm past Belmont in run-rule fashion, 13-3 in seven innings on Thursday at Curtis Granderson Stadium. UIC and Belmont (24-30, 13-12) came into the opener of their three-game MVC series tied for fourth place in the conference standings entering the final week of the regular season.

Eight different UIC hitters collected at least one hit, scored one run and added an RBI during Thursday's offensive onslaught, sparked by a 4-for-5 day from Jackson Bessette, three hits and three RBI for AJ Taylor and three hits and three runs for Thomas Curry. That would be plenty for Tommy Egan, who improved to 5-2 this season after going the first 6.1 innings on the mound, allowing three runs on eight hits while striking out six.

Taylor got things going for the Flames in the second with an RBI single, the first of two markers in the frame. After Belmont halved the lead in the top of the third, Bessette answered with an RBI double to the right-center field gap. The Bruins came back with a solo home run in the top of the fourth to again pull within a run, but they would get no closer.

UIC blew the game open in the fifth, scoring three times, with the key blow being Taylor's mammoth two-run home run to left field that carried 433 feet. Three proved to be the magic number for the Flames, who would add three more runs in both the sixth and seventh innings, the run-rule clincher coming on Colin Husko's single down the right field line that plated Curry and sent the UIC faithful home happy (and early).
 
 
The full box score and play-by-play recap for game one can be found here.
 
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UP NEXT
UIC and Belmont will be right back out at Curtis Granderson Stadium Friday for a 4 p.m. (CT) first pitch in the middle game of their three-game set. Friday's matchup will air live on ESPN+ and live stats will also be available — it will also be Movie Night at the ballpark, as fans can stick around after the UIC-Belmont game and come down to the field to watch the classic baseball film "Field of Dreams".
 
FOLLOW THE FLAMES
For more information on UIC Athletics and UIC baseball, visit UICFlames.com. Fans can also follow the Flames on social media through X (@UIC_Baseball and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_baseball and @uicflames).
 
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