The Aurora University baseball team traveled to Concordia University Chicago Saturday afternoon for a NACC doubleheader. The Spartans swept the Cougars on the day with scores of 12-10 and 10-7.


Game One Score: Aurora University 12, Concordia Chicago 10
Game Two Score: Aurora University 10, Concordia Chicago 7
Record: Aurora University 22-7 overall and 11-3 in the NACC, Concordia Chicago 11-16 overall and 5-9 in the NACC
Location: River Forest, Illinois


GAME ONE
- The Spartans scored in the first frame of the day when Justin Sartori hit his 8th homerun of the year to put the Spartans up 1-0.
- The Cougars answered with two of their own in the bottom half and then adding one both the 3rd and 4th innings to take a 4-1 lead.
- The AU bats came alive in the 5th when they scored 8 runs with RBIs coming from Sartori, Jacob Ambuel, Jack Seefeldt, Sean Rivera, and Corey Vondra.
- In the 7th CUC would hit back to back homerun to cut the lead to 9-6.
- A towering 3-run blast off the bat of Ambuel would extend the lead to six in the 8th inning.
- The Cougars scored 4 in the 9th, and would put the tying run on base, but Spartan Sam Harvey would come in to shut the Cougar threat down and secure the win.
- Spartans win 12-10.


HITTING
HITS: Justin Sartori, Jacob Ambuel, Sean Rivera (3)
DOUBLE: Sean Rivera (2)
HOME RUN: Justin Sartori and Jacob Ambuel (1)
RUNS: Justin Sartori (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Jacob Ambuel (6)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Jack Fisher (6.0), Jacob Welbes (1.0), Carlos Garcia (1.1), Sam Harvey (0.2)
DECISIONS: Jack Fisher (win 5-1)
SAVE: Sam Harvey (1)
STRIKEOUTS: Jack Fisher (5)


GAME TWO
- The Spartans scratched across one in the first inning again on Justin Sartori's sacrifice fly to center to score Corey Vondra.
- In the bottom half the Cougars would hit a solo homerun to tie it up 1-1.
- The Spartans took the lead back in the 3rd when Nico Bermeo doubled to score Vondra and Brenden Naylor.
- Sartori was intentionally walked to load the bases in the 7th, Jett Wedekind would hit a thunderous long home run to give the Spartans a 7-4 lead.
- The Spartans were not done in the 7th. Dylan White would follow up Wedekind with a solo shot to right center field.
- Naylor would plate another run on a fielder's choice to give the Spartans a 9-4 lead going into the bottom half of the 7th.
- The Cougars scored two in the 7th and one more in the 8th to cut the lead to 9-7.
- Dylan White gave the Spartans some insurance on his second homerun, a no-doubter, of the day.
- Skyler Yamamoto came in a shut the door on the Cougars.
- Spartans win 10-7. 
 

HITTING
HITS: Corey Vondra, Dylan White, Brenden Naylor (2)
DOUBLE: Justin Sartori, Corey Vondra, Nico Bermeo, Brenden Naylor (1)
HOME RUN: Dylan White (2) and Jett Wedekind (1)
RUNS: Corey Vondra (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Jett Wedekind (4)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Nick Malmberg (7.0), Sam Harvey (1.0), and Skyler Yamamoto (1.0)
DECISIONS: Nick Malmberg (win 4-0)
SAVE: Skyler Yamamoto (1)
STRIKEOUTS: Nick Malmberg (5)

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