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18
Winner Aurora AURORA 17-2
14
Marian (Wis.) MARIAN 11-9
Winner
Aurora AURORA
17-2
18
Final
14
Marian (Wis.) MARIAN
11-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Aurora AURORA 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 5 5 18 15 1
Marian (Wis.) MARIAN 1 2 1 0 6 0 2 2 0 14 20 4

W: Garcia, Carlos (2-0) L: I. Grimm (1-2)

15
Winner Aurora AURORA 18-2
5
Marian (Wis.) MARIAN 11-10
Winner
Aurora AURORA
18-2
15
Final
5
Marian (Wis.) MARIAN
11-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Aurora AURORA 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 15 10 1
Marian (Wis.) MARIAN 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 5 2

W: Miller, Bryce (3-1) L: L. Lange (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Spartans battle Sabres in NACC slugfest

The Aurora University Spartan baseball team brought the offense in the trip to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The Spartans won a pair in slug fest fashio, 18-14 and 15-5 in 7innings.

The Basics
Game One Score: #15 Aurora University 18, Marian University 14
Game Two Score: #15 Aurora University 15, Marian University 5 - 7 innings
Record: Aurora University (18-2 overall and 8-0 NACC)
Location: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

How it happened
GAME ONE
- AU fell behind 1-0 in the first but a relay of Jacob Ambuel to Collin Meinert to Jett Wedekind with the successful tag kept the score at 1-0.
- Heading to the third, AU trailed 3-0.
- The Spartan bats came to life in the third, scoring four runs on four hits with run scoring doubles from Ambuel and Justin Sartori.
- After Marian tied the score in the bottom of the third, the AU offense took back the lead in the fourth. 
- Dominick Curcio and Nico Bermeo started the fourth with back to back doubles. A Wedekind single drove in Bermeo for the 6-4 lead.
- Marian put up six runs in the fifth to take a 10-6 lead.
- After a scoreless sixth, the Spartans scored twice in the seventh with run scoring singles from Curcio and Sartori.
- In a sign of what was to come the rest of the game, Marian answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning.
- Heading to the eighth, AU trailed 12-8.
- Spartan Josh Reinhardt led off the inning with a solo home run on what would be the only hit in a five run inning for AU.
- In the bottom of the inning, Marian again scored two runs and took back the lead at 14-13 going to the ninth.
- For the second consecutive inning Reinhardt led off with a homer and the game was tied 14-14.
- Two walks, two hit by pitches and just one more hit a two-run single from Ambuel put AU ahead 17-14.
- A saf fly from Sartori scored Bermeo for an 18-14 lead going to the last of the ninth.
- Carlos Garcia had a clean second inning of work for the relief win.

Spartan Leaders
GAME ONE
HITTING

HITS: Nico Bermeo and Dominick Curcio (3)
HOME RUN: Josh Reinhardt (2)
DOUBLE: Jacob Ambuel, Nico Bermeo, Dominick Curcio and Justin Sartori (1)
RUNS: Nico Bermeo and Dominick Curcio (4)
RUNS BATTED IN: Justin Sartori (5) and Jacob Ambuel (4)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings):
Nick Malmberg (2.0), CJ Cazares (2.2), Jacob Welbes (2.1) and Carlos Garcia (2.0)
DECISIONS: Carlos Garcia (win 2-0)
STRIKEOUTS: CJ Cazares (3)

How it happened
GAME TWO
- The Spartans wasted little time jumping out to a huge lead in game two, batting around in the first, scoring eight runs thanks to five walks or hit batsmen and three hits.
- A two-run double from Josh Reinhardt and a three-run single from Jacob Ambuel were the big hits in the frame.
- The second saw AU score six more runs with another Reinhardt double, a two-run single from Spencer Ruch and a three-run homer from Nico Bermeo.
- After 1-1/2 innings, AU led 14-0 for pitcher Bryce Miller.
- A run crossed for AU in the fourth with Dominick Curcio leading off with a walk, one of three in the game for him, and he would score on a Brenden Naylor single.
- Marian scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth and one each in the sixth and seventh but the Spartans held on for the mercy rule win 15-5.
- Tyler Preissing faced one batter in the seventh, getting a 5-4-3 double play to end the game as Bryce Miller won his third game of the season.

Spartan Leaders
GAME TWO
HITTING

HITS: Nico Bermeo, Josh Reinhardt and Brenden Naylor (2)
HOME RUN: Nico Bermeo (1)
DOUBLE: Josh Reinhardt (2)
RUNS: Dominick Curcio (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Nico Bermeo (4) and Jacob Ambuel (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings):
Bryce Miller (5.0), Brian Henehan (1.0), Max Baer (0.1) and Tyler Preissing (0.2)
DECISIONS: Bryce Miller (win 3-1)
STRIKEOUTS: Bryce Miller (3)

Up Next
Next scheduled action for the Spartan baseball team comes on Saturday, April 15 when they are scheduled to travel to Milwaukee School of Engineering. First pitch of the NACC doubleheader is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. in Glendale, Wisconsin.
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