Marian University baseball (11-10, 4-4 NACC) was defeated by No. 15 Aurora 18-14 and 15-5 in seven innings.
GAME 1
- A slugfest broke out in game one as the two teams combined for 32 runs on 35 hits.
- The Sabres took a 3-0 lead after two innings only to have Aurora score four in the third to take a 4-3 lead.
- Junior Robbie Knorr drove in a run with a double in the third to tie the game, but once again the Spartans responded with two runs in the fourth.
- Marian retook the lead in the fifth inning after scoring six runs.
- Sophomore James Bornick drove in two runs with a double to highlight the big inning.
- The Spartans answered in the seventh cutting its deficit down to 10-8.
- Bornick once again extended the Marian lead with a double to put the Sabres ahead 12-8 after seven.
- Aurora responded in its half of the eight scoring five runs to retake the lead at 13-12.
- Bornick would have his own response again in the eighth driving in another two runs with a double to put Marian ahead 15-14.
- The lead didn’t last, however, as Aurora quickly scored another five runs in the ninth to earn an 18-14 win.
GAME 2
- The Spartans took control early scoring 14 runs between the first two innings.
- Marian was able to score the final five runs of the game sparked by a three-run fourth inning.
- The Sabres had a chance to keep the game alive past the seventh but a double play would close out the sweep for Aurora.