The Aurora University baseball team traveled to Bloomington, Illinois for a neutral site contest against Webster University at Illinois Weselyan University on Sunday afternoon. AU fell in the non-conference game by a score of 16-3 in seven innings.


Game Score: Webster University 16, Aurora University 3 - 7 innings
Record: Aurora University 19-17 overall; Webster University 31-7 overall
Location: Bloomington, Illinois


- Webster quickly got out to a 2-0 lead going into the second inning of play.
- AU answered in their half of the second when Matthew Washington led off the inning with a triple off the right-center wall, before later coming around to score on a Carson Faust single.
- Webster scored four runs in the top-of-the-third and three top-of-the-fourth to take a 9-1 lead.
- In the top-of-the fifth, that lead stretched to 11-1.
- Faust led-off AU's half of the fifth with a bomb out to left-center that traveled over the wall to cut into the Webster lead at 11-2.
- Webster added five more in their half of the sixth to help defeat the Spartans by a score of 16-4


HITTING
HITS: Carson Faust (2)
DOUBLE: Jaden Holgado and Will Sevier (1)
TRIPLE: Matthew Washington (1)
HOME RUN: Carson Faust (1)
RUNS: Carson Faust, Will Sevier and Matthew Washington (1)
RUNS BATTED IN: Carson Faust (2) and Brayden Gorecki (1)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Ryan Buck and Cory Brock (2.0), Ben Rannazzisi (1.2), Jon Wray (1.0) and Will Sevier (0.1)
DECISIONS: Ryan Buck (Loss, 0-1)
STRIKEOUTS: Ryan Buck (2), Jon Wray and Ben Rannazzisi (1)


Next scheduled action for the Spartan baseball team comes on Sunday, April 27 when they host Edgewood College. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m. at Jim Schmid Field at Stuart Sports Complex.