The Aurora University baseball team took their win-streak to six games on Saturday afternoon, beating Concordia University Wisconsin in both games of a doubleheader at Jim Schmid Field. The Spartans took game one by a score of 9-4 behind a strong offensive performance throughout the whole lineup, before beating the Falcons 12-2 in game two. (7 inn.)


Game One Score:  #15 Aurora University 9, Concordia University Wisconsin 4
Game Two Score: #15 Aurora University 12, Concordia University Wisconsin 2 - 7 innings
Record: Aurora University 18-5 overall and 8-2 NACC; Concordia University Wisconsin 11-12 overall and 6-4 NACC
Location: Jim Schmid Field at the Stuart Sports Complex in Montgomery, Illinois


Game One:
- AU wasted no time grabbing a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning with a two-run double from Logan Riley and RBI single from Nik Panico.
- In the bottom of the second, Joe Lukancic roped a double down the left field line that scored Spencer Ruch.
- The Spartans took a 5-0 lead a batter later when Derek Angelo singled.
- After a Riley RBI ground out later in the inning, AU held a 6-0 lead going into the third inning.
- Nico Bermeo laced an RBI single up the middle in the fourth inning that made it 7-0 in favor of the Spartans.
- After AU starter Justin Zimmerman threw three scoreless innings, the Falcons scored two runs in the top of the fourth.
- Panico smacked a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth, giving the Spartans an 8-2 lead.
- Bermeo scored on a wild pitch in the sixth for a 9-2 AU advantage. 
- The Falcons scored two more runs in the seventh, but it was not nearly enough in the 9-4 Spartan victory.
- Zimmerman finished with 5.2 innings pitched and two earned runs.

Game Two:
- Like game one, AU got on the board in the first inning off an Angelo RBI double.
- Tyler Patton smoked a triple down line in the second inning for a 2-0 AU lead.
- After a Sean Rivera run scoring ground out, Bermeo launched a ball over the left field wall for a 4-0 Spartan advantage. 
- Riley doubled home Angelo in the third for AU's fifth run of the game.
- AU made it 7-0 in the fourth on a Bermeo single and Angelo sac-fly.
- Later in the fourth, Riley doubled and Dominick Curcio singled back up the middle making the score 10-0.
- AU starter Jack Fisher did not run into any trouble until the top of the fifth when the Falcons scratched across one run. 
- The Spartans re-took their double digit lead with a Lukancic RBI single.
- CUC scored one run in the sixth, but an RBI single from Riley in the seventh gave AU the 12-2 victory in seven innings.
- Fisher finished with five innings of one run ball.


Game One:
HITTING
HITS: Nik Panico (3)
DOUBLE: Joe Lukancic, Logan Riley and Nik Panico (1)
HOME RUN: Nik Panico (1)
RUNS: Nik Panico and Joe Lukancic (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Logan Riley (3) and Nik Panico (2)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Justin Zimmerman (5.2) and Anthony Consiglio (1.1)
DECISIONS: Justin Zimmerman (win 6-1) 

Game Two:
HITTING
HITS: Derek Angelo and Logan Riley (4), Nico Bermeo and Joe Lukancic (3)
DOUBLE: Derek Angelo and Logan Riley (2), Nico Bermeo (1)
TRIPLE: Dominick Curcio and Tyler Patton (1)
HOME RUN: Nico Bermeo (1)
RUNS: Nico Bermeo and Joe Lukancic (3)
RUNS BATTED IN: Logan Riley (4), Nico Bermeo and Derek Angelo (2)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Jack Fisher (5.0) and Brian Henehan (2.0)
DECISIONS: Jack Fisher (win 4-1)