CHICAGO – A pitcher’s duel led to favor of the guests on a chilly Wednesday because the College of Chicago baseball crew misplaced 1-0 to Beloit Faculty.
The Maroons dropped to 6-7 and the Bucs moved to 9-5.
With temperatures within the 30s, batters had a tough time towards the opposing pitching staffs, combining for under 9 complete hits whereas putting out 21 instances.
Hayden Leiderman was dealing from the beginning – the UChicago sophomore pitcher used his misleading supply and arm slot to nice impact all afternoon. Each time runners bought on base, he dug deep and stymied the Bucs. The visiting facet began the third inning with back-to-back singles. However Leiderman roared again with three-straight swinging strikeouts to squash the risk.
The Bucs then loaded the bases with one out within the fifth. As soon as once more, Leiderman had the reply with a strikeout and a fielder’s selection groundout to finish it. The sophomore righty completed with 9 strikeouts in 5 scoreless innings.
The lone run of the day got here with two outs within the prime of the seventh when Beloit hit a solo homer to proper area.
UChicago’s offense was restricted to 3 hits on the day, however the Maroons had been aggressive once they had been on the bottom paths with three steals. Within the backside of the ninth, Braden Jirovec singled, stole second and superior to 3rd on a wild pitch. However Beloit induced a flyout to finish the sport at 1-0.
Reduction pitcher Phil Hogan (1-1 file) absorbed the loss with one run allowed in three innings whereas putting out two. Tyler Sarkisian tallied one strikeout in his scoreless inning of labor as properly.
NEXT GAMES:
- Saturday, Apr. 1 @ 12:00 PM / 3:00 PM – UChicago at Monmouth Faculty (DH)