CHICAGO – Sturdy pitching performances led the College of Chicago baseball crew to a 4-1 victory over Grinnell Faculty on Saturday.
The Maroons improved to 8-6 on the season and 4-1 within the Midwest Convention. The Pioneers fell to 4-13 general (2-6 MWC).
Sophomore Drew Bryan and junior Hayden Brotz created loads of swings and misses over the course of the afternoon. The 2 Maroon righthanded pitchers mixed to strike out 13 batters in 9 innings whereas solely permitting 5 hits. It marked the fifth double-digit strikeout recreation this yr for UChicago.
Bryan earned the victory in 5.2 innings of labor. He struck out 9 batters whereas permitting one run on three hits with 4 walks. Brotz was lights out in aid with 3.1 scoreless innings. He fanned 4 versus two hits allowed.
Offensively, UChicago loaded the bases within the backside of the second inning and got here away with two runs. A balk introduced in a single, whereas sophomore Noah Nelson‘s sacrifice fly made it 2-0.
Nelson struck once more within the backside of the fourth with an RBI single to heart. A wild pitch later scored the runner from third to make it 4-0.
Grinnell obtained one again with a sacrifice fly within the fifth. However that was all of the Pioneers would get after that. Within the two situations when the guests put a runner in scoring place, Brotz struck out the following batter to finish the risk.
UChicago completed with seven hits and two errors. Senior Brett Riegler went 2-for-4 on the dish.
NEXT GAMES:
- Sunday, April 10 @ 11:00 AM – Grinnell Faculty at UChicago (DH)
