JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The Illinois College baseball team started the Midwest Conference portion of the season in strong fashion, sweeping Monmouth at Joe Brooks Field on Saturday.
The Blueboys took the opener 10-1 before posting a 10-0 seven-inning victory in game two.
IC is now 11-6 and 2-0 in conference play while the Fighting Scots dropped to 4-11 and 4-2.
Game 1: IC 10 MC 1
With the score tied at 1, IC broke the game open in the fourth with a pair of runs and never trailed again. The Blueboys added four runs in the sixth and three more in the eighth.
Nolan Decker led the IC attack, going 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI.
Adam Passmore added three hits and scored three times while
Sean Raffa also chipped in with three hits.
IC's
Jack McGuire tossed the first six innings of the contest to earn the victory, allowing one run on six hits with seven strikeouts.
Andrew Wieneke cleaned up the final three frames, striking out six.
Game 2: IC 10 MC 0 (7 innings)Â
Charlie Lardi was the story for the Blueboys as he posted 12 strikeouts, one shy of the school record, while going the distance and allowing just three hits.
Tyler Barker smashed two home runs and five RBI to pace IC's 16-hit attack.Â
The Blueboys busted the game wide open in the later stages. After taking a 1-0 lead in the second inning, IC hung a five-spot on the board in the fifth and then posted three more in the sixth before finishing the contest with a solo tally in the seventh.
Along with Barker's bat, IC got three hits from Decker and two each from Passmore,
Jon Tate,
Logan Fleener, and
Logan Schweigert.
Up Next
IC will travel to Millikin on Monday for a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 3:00 p.m.
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