JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The Illinois College baseball team dropped the third and final game of the Midwest Conference weekend series with Grinnell, falling 30-15 on Sunday at Joe Brooks Field.
The Blueboys are now 13-9 overall and 3-2 in Midwest Conference play. The Pioneers moved to 11-7 and 2-1.
Grinnell 30 IC 15
IC jumped out to a 7-1 lead after the first three innings of play, thanks to a six-run third, which was keyed by a
Connor Hennemann home run and a
Logan Fleener double.Â
Grinnell then regrouped and posted 29 runs over the final six frames to take the game and the series, 2-1.
Adam Passmore led the IC offense with four hits and three runs scored.
Nolan Decker collected the hits and scored twice, while Fleener drove in a team-high four runs.
Along with Hennemann's blast, the Blueboys got home runs from
Tyler Barker and
Logan Schweigert.
The Blueboys'
Connor Akstulewicz suffered the loss on the mound and dropped to 1-2 on the season.
Up Next
The Blueboys will play their final non-conference games of the 2025 season on Wednesday when they host Principia at Joe Brooks Field. The first game of the doubleheader is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m.
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