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Wheaton College Athletics

Andrew Laucella
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Winner Wheaton College WHEATON 19-11
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Dominican University DU 11-16
Winner
Wheaton College WHEATON
19-11
10
Final
6
Dominican University DU
11-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wheaton College WHEATON 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 10 16 2
Dominican University DU 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 6 8 1

W: McCraith, Michael (1-0) L: Milne Rojek, Quinlan (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Offensive outburst leads Wheaton to 10-6 nonconference victory over Dominican

PICTURED ABOVE: Andrew Laucella was 4-for-4 with four RBIs in Wheaton's 10-6 win at Dominican.

Schaumburg, Ill. - A 16-hit outburst led the Thunder baseball team to a 10-6 nonconference victory over Dominican University on Tuesday night. On a night with the wind blowing in at Boomers Stadium, Wheaton posted its second-highest hit total this season to improve to 19-11 on the year. Dominican falls to 11-16 on the season. Wheaton will return to Lee Pfund Stadium on Friday night to open a key three-game series with North Central at 6 pm.

Wheaton tallied its 10 runs on 16 hits with two errors. Dominican plated six runs with eight hits and one error. Thunder freshman Michael McCraith earned his first collegiate victory with a four-strikeout performance over three innings.

20809Wheaton opened up an early 6-0 lead including a three-run edge after the top of the first inning. Andrew Laucella's ground-rule double down to left plated Josh Kimmel for the game's first run. Clay Morrison (PICTURED RIGHT) followed with a two-run single up the middle to give Wheaton a 3-0 advantage.

Brett Albaugh padded Wheaton's lead in the top of the fourth inning when he game around to score from second base on an infield error. A two-run single by Laucella in the top of the fifth inning provided Wheaton's six-run cushion.

Dominican took advantage of a Thunder error to push across five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and cut Wheaton's lead to one. Wheaton would answer quickly in the top of the sixth inning when Jacob Zeller plated Evan Ogden with an RBI single. RBI singles by Laucella and Morrison pushed Wheaton's edge to 9-5.

A Stars run in the bottom of the sixth inning was answered in the top of the eight inning when Laucella reached on a two-out hit by pitch. Pinch runner Jacob Lindstedt would later come in to score on a single by JD Carpenter to account for the 10-6 final score.

Laucella spearheaded the Wheaton offense with a 4-for-4 performance with four RBIs. Clay Morrison drove in three runs in a 3-for-5 showing. Ben Brittain was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
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