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University of Cincinnati
3
Western Illinois WIU 4-11
8
Winner Cincinnati UC 10-8
Western Illinois WIU
4-11
3
Final
8
Cincinnati UC
10-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Illinois WIU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 1
Cincinnati UC 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 8 12 2

W: Taylor, Nathan (4-0) L: Kapraun, Tyler (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | WIU Athletic Communications

Leathernecks Split Two Game Series With Cincinnati

MACOMB, IL – Western Illinois baseball split a two-game series with the University of Cincinnati as they fell in game two 8-3 on Wednesday afternoon. The Leathernecks move to 4-11 overall.

Western Illinois bats stayed quiet in the first inning for the second consecutive day as Cincinnati jumped out to a 4-0 lead after one. Colton Kachinsky came in relief for the Leathernecks and settled everyone down. A 1-2-3 inning started the outing for Kachinsky, in which he struck out one batter. Western Illinois, first scoring threat happened in the third as the Leathernecks loaded the bases on three walks. WIU couldn't push across any runs as a ground out ended the scoring threat. 

Heading into the 4th inning, the Leathernecks trailed 4-0. Kyree Alexander would reach base with one out after a fielding error by the Bearcats shortstop. The Chicago, Ill native reached second base on a ground out. Brock Lummus brought Alexander around as he shot a fastball up the middle for an RBI single. Cincinnati got the run back in the bottom half of the inning as a couple of singles pushed across a run as Western Illinois trailed 5-1 after four.

The Bearcats kept the Leatherneck's offense in check throughout the middle parts of the ball game. In the 8th inning, as WIU trailed 8-1, Chris Hege worked a leadoff walk giving Western Illinois a baserunner. Polad followed with a single that hit Hege's foot, giving WIU only a runner at first. Adam Juran advanced Polad to second base with a sacrifice bunt, and Liam Bushey moved him 90 more feet with a single to right field. Alexander did the rest as he drove a ball into the left-center gap, scoring Polad and Bushey as WIU cut the deficit to five. The Leathernecks couldn't bring the deficit closer as they fell 8-3.

After collecting 13 hits on Tuesday, the Leathernecks bats cooled down to just four hits as a team. Kyree Alexander and Brock Lummus drove in the three RBIs for WIU. Western Illinois drew four walks as a team.

The Leathernecks will take a day off on Thursday before heading to Iowa City on Friday for a weekend matchup with the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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