The Aurora University baseball team split a NACC doubleheader with Benedictine University in a wild windy pair of games that saw AU fall 17-4 in game one and win game two 8-6.

GAME INFORMATION – Saturday, April 22
Game One Score: Benedictine University 17, Aurora University 4 - 7 innings
Game Two Score: Aurora University 8, Benedictine University 6
Records: Aurora University (23-7 overall and 11-3 in the NACC); Benedictine University (18-10 overall and 10-4 in the NACC)
Location: Lee Pfund Stadium - Carol Stream, Illinois

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS - GAME ONE
- AU fell behind 16-0 after 3-1/2 innings with numerous plays seeing the wind cause issues including an inside the park grand slam.
- The Spartans scored four times in the bottom of the fourth with a three-run double from Dylan White.
- AU fell to BU 17-4.

TOP PERFORMERS - GAME ONE
HITS: 10 Spartans (1)
RUNS: Four Spartans (1)
RBI: Dylan White (3)
DOUBLE: Dylan White (1)

SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS - GAME TWO
- The Spartans fell behind 1-0 in the first with the second inside park home run of the day.
- AU answered in the bottom of the first though. Davis Purviance led off with a single, Jett Wedekind reached on a walk and AJ Gill drove in Purviance with a single to tie the game. Paul Dobravec followed with a double to left center that scored Wedekind and Gill and AU led 3-1. With one out, Jeff Mayes tripled to right center to score Dobravec and AU led 4-1.
- BU scored twice in the top of the second off starter Kyle Blunt to give AU a 4-3 advantage.
- In the bottom of the second, Austin Wiskow led off with a walk and scored on an AJ Gill single for a 5-3 AU lead.
- BU added a run in the top of the third to make the score 5-4 and that would remain the score into the sixth.
- In the sixth, BU scored a pair of runs and the Spartans trailed 6-5.
- AU responded very quickly in the bottom of the inning with Cole Davis leading off with a double and scored on a one-out single from Wiskow. After Wiskow stole second, he scored on a double down the right field line from Davis Purviance and AU had the lead again at 7-6. The whacky plays of the day were not over but this time AU was on the beneficial end. AJ Gill hit a high fly ball on the middle of the infield between the mound, plate and third base. The BU fielders played the pop up into a single with Purviance coming around to score the eighth run for an 8-6 AU lead.
- Spartan reliever Nicholas Mathey came into the game and slammed the door on the Eagles, picking up his seventh save with three innings of work.

TOP PERFORMERS - GAME TWO
HITS: AJ Gill and Davis Purviance (3)
RUNS: Austin Wiskow and Davis Purviance (2)
RBI: AJ Gill (3)
DOUBLE: Davis Purviance, Paul Dobravec and Cole Davis (1)
TRIPLE: Jeff Mayes (1)
WIN: Seth Gutknecht (1-0)
SAVE: Nicholas Mathey (7)
STRIKEOUTS: Nicholas Mathey (3)
APPEARANCE (Innings): Kyle Blunt (5.2), Seth Gutknecht (0.1) and Nicholas Mathey (3.0)

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