SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (Duhawks.com) - A day after sweeping their crosstown rivals, University of Dubuque, Baseball made their way into Chicagoland for a showdown against Dominican University (5-11). For a game that started quietly, the late innings had plenty of drama with the Duhawks holding on for the 10-7 victory.
Getting the start for Loras (12-9) was senior
Will Petrosky. In his five starts coming into the game, Petrosky had struggled with his control, racking up an 8.84 ERA.
Wednesday was a different story as Petrosky settled into a groove from the opening pitch on his way to his best outing of the year. In six innings, Petrosky limited the Dominican offense to just four hits, one walk, and six strikeouts. The only run scored on Petrosky went unearned.
Freshman
Ryan Koester led off the top of the third with a double to right field. He came around to score the first run of the game after a single to left field by senior
Danny Fahlgren. Loras tacked on one more in the third and another in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead.
In the sixth, Dominican finally found a way to put a dent in Petrosky's armor. After retiring the first two batters, Petrosky allowed back-to-back singles and a walk to load the bases.
After a fielding error, the Stars scored their first run of the game before striking out to end the inning.
The Duhawks plated a run in the seventh to establish the three-run lead once again thanks to a fielder's choice by junior
Patrick Walsh.
Freshman
Nick Spiess came on in relief of Petrosky in the seventh and was rudely greeted with a leadoff triple by Dominican's Richie Green.
After Green scored on an error, the Stars added two more runs in the inning and chased Spiess from the game before he could record an out, tying the game at four.
The Loras offense responded in a big way, scoring five runs in the top of the eighth on three hits. Adding to the mess was two fielding errors by the Stars.
Leading 9-4, freshman
Brad Schwind came on in relief in the eighth and despite loading the bases, kept Dominican off the scoreboard.
One more run in the ninth for the Duhawks gave them a six-run lead heading to the bottom half.
Three pitchers, three runs, three errors, and two hits later, Dominican had scored three runs to make it 10-7.
Freshman
Robert Hovey came on in relief in the ninth, inheriting a bases loaded situations.
Back-to-back ground outs scored two runs for Dominican, but Hovey struck out Dominican's Joe Kukla to end the ball game.
Game ChangerAfter giving up three runs in the bottom of the seventh, the Duhawks responded with five in the eighth … Those runs would be key for Loras as Dominican came back to cut the lead to three in the ninth
Key StatDominican had five hits with two-outs while Loras had just one
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