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North Park NPU 6-3, 1-3 CCIW
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Winner Millikin MILLIKIN 10-1, 3-0 CCIW
North Park NPU
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Millikin MILLIKIN
10-1, 3-0 CCIW
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Park NPU 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
Millikin MILLIKIN 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 4 6 1

W: Buzan, Jared (1-0) L: Banks, Tyler (2-1) S: Beals, Brent (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Contact: Tyler Woolbright, Sports Information Director, tawoolbright@northpark.edu

NPU Baseball Drops Heartbreaker on Sunday Afternoon

DECATUR, Ill. -- The North Park University baseball team dropped a heartbreaker on the road against Millikin University, dropping a 4-3 decision at Workman Baseball Field on Sunday afternoon.

Once more, senior third baseman Ranko Stevanovic got the Vikings going early with a run-scoring single into left field in the first inning. The single plated senior shortstop Jake Reinhardt, who drove a two-out double down the left-field line in the previous at-bat.

The Vikings added two more runs in the third inning when Reinhardt smacked a triple into right-center field and scored on an RBI groundout off the bat of sophomore first baseman Bobby Bartlett. After a throwing error moved Bartlett to second, senior designated hitter Justin Woolbright skipped an RBI single through the right side, plating Bartlett.

On the mound, North Park starting pitcher Tyler Banks threw 3.2 innings of no-hit baseball. before the Big Blue broke through in the fifth. Millikin's McGahey drove home the first runs for the Big Blue on a two-run double to right-center field, as the Vikings held a narrow 3-2 lead.

However, in the seventh inning, Millikin's Kane drove a two-out, RBI double into right-center field and came around later to score on a wild pitch to secure a 4-3 lead for the Big Blue.

North Park threatened with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth inning and nobody out, but the big hit didn't arrive, as the Vikings fell to the Big Blue, 4-3.

FINAL: Millikin 4, North Park 3


Quick Hits:

  • Reinhardt and Stevanovic had two-hit performances
  • Reinhardt drove a double and a triple while scoring a pair of runs
  • Woolbright had an RBI single in the third inning
  • Bartlett had a hit and senior Richie Silva also added a pinch-hit knock
  • Banks fanned nine Big Blue batters in the tough-luck loss
  • Millikin's Beals was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles


What's Next?

North Park (6-3, 1-3 CCIW) looks to hit the reset button on the road this next Wednesday, March 24, when they face nationally ranked North Central College. First pitch at Zimmerman Stadium is set for 1 p.m.



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