Beloit College baseball team falls to offensive-minded U-Chicago 11-9

BELOIT — Beloit College took the first two games of its series with the University of Chicago on the road, 4-2 and 12-8, but Wednesday afternoon, the Maroons had revenge in mind.

U-Chicago won 11-9 at The Ballpark at Strong Stadium, snapping the Bucs’ six-game winning streak.

Beloit (16-7, 9-3 MWC) was able to erase an early 3-0 deficit, scoring three times in the second inings. The key hits were an RBI double by Miles Souza and an RBI single by Blake Nelson.

U-Chicago (6-15, 5-2) went back on top 7-3, but Beloit raillied again in the fourth when Jack Alport blasted a three-run homer. The Bucs went on to load the bases and Souza walked to tie the game.

Matt O’Leary followed a double by Nelson with a homer to put the Bucs on top 9-7. The Maroons tied it in the sixth and went up 11-9 in the eighth. Beloit was shut down in the eighth and ninth.

The Bucs used seven pitchers: Kaiya Nishino Ben Schweit, Micah Wilke, Tommy Murray, Aiden Phipps, Harvey Pena and Alport.

LINESCORE:

U-CHICAGO 11, BELOIT 9

U-Chicago 033 102 020 — 11 16 0

Beloit 030 420 000 — 9 8 2

Leading hitters: UC, Slipock 2x3, 1 run; Goldstein 3x6, 2 runs, 2 rbi; Zeevi 3x6, 3 runs, 1 rbi; Cordero 2x2, 2 rbi; Jirovec 2x4, 1 run, 4 rbi. BC, Alport 2x6, 1 run, 3 rbi; O’Leary 1x5, 1 run, 2 rbi; Souza 1x4, 1 run, 2 rbi; Nelson 2x5, 1 run, 1 rbi; Tomsyck 3x4, 1 run. 2B: Slipock, Rindner (UC), Zeevi, Souza, nelson, Tomsyck. HR: Goldstein, Jorovec, Alport, O’Leary.

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): UC, Klanot 1.0-0-0-0-0-1; Leiderman 2.0-3-3-3-2; Pelz 0.1-2-3-3-1-1; Waller 1.2-2-3-3-2-0; Lu 0.0-0-0-0-1; Tenula (W,1-4) 2.1-1-0-0-1-3; Burka 1.2-1-0-0-0-4. BC, Nishino 2.0-4-3-3-1-1; Schweiz 1.0-3-3-3-0-0; Wilk 0.2-2-1-1-1-0; Murray 1.1-0-0-0-2-0; Phipps 2.0-5-2-2-0-1; Pena (L,3-1) 1.0-2-2-2-2-0; Alport 1.0-0-0-0-0-1.