GAME 1 BOXSCORE
GAME 2 BOXSCORE

Schaumburg, Ill. - The Thunder baseball team opened CCIW play on Thursday with a doubleheader against Carthage at Alexian Field. Carthage won the opener 8-3 and the Red Men survived a late Wheaton rally to win the second game 7-4. Wheaton is now 7-10 overall and 0-2 in CCIW play. Carthage is 8-4 on the season, with a 2-0 record in league play. Friday's single baseball game between Wheaton and Carthage, which had originally been scheduled for 3 PM at Alexian Field, has been changed to 2:00 PM at Kenosha, Wisconsin on Friday.

Carthage won the opener 8-3, as the Red Men scored eight runs, on nine hits, with no errors and Wheaton scored three runs, on six hits, committing two errors. Carthage scored at least one run in each of the first six innings to take an 8-1 lead after six innings. Wheaton scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh for an 8-3 Carthage lead. With one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Wheaton junior Mark Price belted a home run to left centerfield and on the next at bat Josh Weaver hit a triple. Weaver scored on the next at bat, via a sacrifice fly by sophomore Danny Pyne.

Thunder junior Tim Ubanowicz (3-1) took the loss in eight innings of work has he allowed eight runs, with six earned runs, on eight hits, with five strikeouts. Freshman Matt MaLossi pitched one scoreless inning of relief, allowing one hit. Weaver was 2-for-3, with a walk as he tallied a double and a triple in the game, scoring twice.

Wheaton All-American Brian Kolb was 0-for-3, with a walk in the game as his school-record 39-game hitting streak came to an end. Kolb's streak is the longest in Division III since Bridgewater State's Steve Smith recorded a 40-game streak in the 2005 and 2006 seasons. The Thunder infielder's streak is tthe sixth-longest streak in Division III history. (See chart below)

Carthage was a 7-4 victor in the second game as the Red Men scored seven runs, on 10 hits, with no errors and Wheaton plated four runs, on nine hits, with no errors. Carthage scored two runs in the top of the first inning and added two more runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 4-0 lead. The guests added another run in the top of the seventh inning to extend their lead to 5-0.

Wheaton sophomore Steve Dennison led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a well-hit triple to right field, followed by a walk to Charlie Antal. Freshman Ryan Miller hit a single to drive in Dennison and Price followed later in the inning with a single to drive in both Antal and Miller as Wheaton cut the Red Men lead to 5-3 after four innings. Carthage scored two runs in the top of the ninth lead as the guests extend their lead 7-3. Dennison belted a one-out home run to right centerfield in the bottom of the ninth inning to cut Carthage's lead to 7-4, which would be the final score of the contest.

Junior pitcher John Little (2-1) pitched eight innings, allowing five runs, with two earned runs, on eight hits, with three strikeouts. Senior Brandon Bradley pitched 2/3 of an inning in relief, allowing two runs and senior Ed McCaskey worked 1/3 of an inning, with out a hit or a run allowed.

Dennison was 3-for-4 at the plate, with two runs scored and a RBI. Dennison hit a home run, a triple and a double on the afternoon. Miller was 2-for-4, with a run scored and a RBI.

LONGEST DIVISION III HIT STREAKS
60 – Damian Costantino, Salve Regina (April 1, 2001 – March 10, 2003)
46 – Corey Breyne, Aurora (1998)
43 – Justin Harriamn, St. Scholastica (March 27, 1999 – April 1, 2000)
41 – Tony DeLude, Delaware Valley (May 5, 2000 – March 9, 2002)
40 – Steve Smith, Bridgewater State (March 11, 2005 – March 10, 2006) 
39 – Brian Kolb, Wheaton College (March 20, 2008 – March 21, 2009)
38 – Bryan Caruso, Endicott (March 25, 1999 – March 23, 2000)
37 – Brad O'Connell, Wisconsin-Stout (April 28, 2000 – May 5, 2001)
36 – Nick Maiorano, Westminster, Pa. (March 16, 2008 – March 7, 2009)
35 – Tony Miner, Southern Maine (April 5 – May 28, 1997)