The Aurora University baseball team returned to the diamond after a pair of off days and fell to Wheaton College (Mass) 11-2.

GAME INFORMATION
Game Boxscore 
Game Score: Wheaton College, Mass 11, #21 Aurora University 2
Record: Aurora University (6-2)
Location: Winter Haven, Florida - Chain of Lakes Complex

GAME HIGHLIGHTS - 
- The first three innings saw AU leave runners stranded in two frames.
- A lead-off walk for Wheaton in the fourth and four hits led to AU trailing 4-0.
- The Spartans got one run back in the bottom of the inning with AJ Gill singling and scoring on a ground out from Paul Dobravec.
- AU starter Kyle Blunt allowed those four runs over six innings of work and gave way to the bullpen in the seventh. Wheaton would score three in the seventh, and two each in the eighth and ninth.
- The Spartans scored their only other run of the game in the bottom of the seventh with Colin Rivard reaching on a single with one out and scoring on a Josh Reinhardt sac fly.
- The Spartans would fall 11-2.

GAME TOP PERFORMERS 
- Justin Sartori was two for four.
- Austin Wiskow was one for two.

SPARTAN LEADERS - 
HITTING
HITS: Justin Sartori (2)
RUNS: Colin Rivard and Dylan White (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Josh Reinhardt and Paul Dobravec (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Kyle Blunt (6.0), Brady Kauppila (0.2), Nathan Smith (0.1), Carlos Garcia (1.0) and Joe Amore (1.0)
DECISIONS: Kyle Blunt (loss, 2-1) 
STRIKEOUTS: Kyle Blunt (4)

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