The Aurora University baseball team traveled to MIlwaukee to take on the MSOE Raiders. AU scored first in both contests of the NACC doubleheader but would fall 7-4 and 10-4 in the Saturday twin-bill.


Game One Score:  Milwaukee School of Engineering 7, Aurora University 4
Game Two Score: Milwaukee School of Engineering 10, Aurora University 4
Record: Aurora University 19-16 overall and 14-8 NACC; Milwaukee School of Engineering 21-14 overall and 15-5 NACC
Location: Glendale, Wisconsin


Game One
- The Spartans plated a run in the first with a lead-off walk from Dominick Curcio and he later scored on a MSOE error.
- AU added two more runs in the second with a run scoring double from Matthew Washington (Brayden Gorecki scored) and Kyle Mack was hit by pitch with the bases loaded that scored Washington.
- AU starter Justin Zimmerman kept MSOE at bay until the third when they scored two but Spartan catcher Logan Riley came up big throwing out a pair of base runners in the inning.
- In the fifth, Riley helped the Spartans at the dish, homering for a 4-2 AU lead.
- MSOE would tie the game in the seventh on two unearned runs.
- MSOE added three runs in the eighth and would win 7-4.

Game Two
- AU again opened up the game scoring with Riley singling in Joe Lukancic for a 1-0 AU lead.
- MSOE tied the game in the bottom of the first inning.
- The home team scored once in the third and opened up the game with three in the fourth.
- The Spartans would respond in the fifth with a pair of runs and trailed 5-3.
- Three walks and a hit by pitch aided MSOE in the sixth as they scored four times for a 9-3 lead.
- Both teams would score runs in the final innings for the 10-4 final score.


Game One
HITTING
HITS: Spencer Ruch (2)
DOUBLE: Matthew Washington (1)
HOME RUN: Logan Riley (1)
RUNS: Dominick Curcio, Logan Riley, Brayden Gorecki and Matthew Washington (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Matthew Washington, Logan Riley and Kyle Mack (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Justin Zimmerman (7.1) and Adrian Ruiz (0.2)
DECISIONS: Justin Zimmerman (Loss, 7-2)
STRIKEOUTS: Justin Zimmerman (9)

Game Two
HITTING
HITS: Dominick Curcio, Ryan Buck and Logan Riley (2) 
RUNS: Dominick Curcio (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Logan Riley (2)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Brandon Todd (4.0) and Edgar Barba (4.0)
DECISIONS: Brandon Todd (Loss, 1-4)
STRIKEOUTS: Edgar Barba (5)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan baseball team comes on Sunday, April 27 when they travel to Illinois Wesleyan University for a neutral site game against Webster University. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m. in Bloomington, Illinois.