Wheaton baseball falls to #3-Concordia-Chicago 9-1

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(PICTURED RIGHT) led off with a double and later scored on a two-out single by Portugal.

The evening did not begin well for the Thunder, as the first five batters for Concordia reached base in the top of the first inning. After an RBI double by Carlos Olavarria and a wild pitch made the score 2-0, Will Randerson's sacrifice fly gave the Cougars another run and gave Bayer his first out of the night. A two-out single by Dan Lo Dolce made it 4-0, with Kyle Huber being tagged out at home on the play to end the first inning.

Concordia built their lead to 7-0 on a solo home run by Olavarria leading off the third inning and a two-run shot by Huber with two out in the fifth. After Wheaton scored in the bottom of the fifth, the Cougars answered with a run-scoring single by Steve Zubrzycki in the top of the sixth to make it 8-1.

Concordia finished off the scoring in the ninth inning as Olavarria scored his third run of the game on a two-out single by Rich Santarelli to make it 9-1. Cody Caballero (2-0) struck out seven while allowing five hits and one run in seven innings to earn the win for the Cougars.

Wheaton will host a CCIW doubleheader against the Millikin Big Blue on Friday, with the first game scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

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