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CHICAGO – Chicago State baseball matched last season's regular season win total on Thursday (March 20) evening with a 7-5 victory over Holy Cross (Indiana) at Cougar Stadium. The win moves Chicago State to 8-8. This is the latest in a season the Cougars have been at the .500 mark since 2000.
Chicago State fell behind 3-1 before taking the lead for good with a four spot in the fourth inning. The Cougars benefited from three Saints errors in the frame, but also added three hits of their own. Junior
Jordan Stroschein (Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar) recorded an RBI triple that sent home junior
Chase Matheson (McHenry, Ill./McHenry). Stroschein then scored on a single to center field by junior
Matt Schmidt (Dundee, Ill./Jacobs).
In the fifth, a lone Chicago State run made the score 6-4. Matheson doubled in junior
Mattingly Romanin (Burlington, ONT/Notre Dame) for the run. In the sixth, an RBI single by
Jared Patterson (Ventura, Calif./Buena) scored senior
Joelh Calixto (Chicago, Ill./Guerin).
Junior
Eric Hall (Oakville, ONT/Oakville Trafalgar) ran into trouble in the eighth inning. He left the game after 7.2 innings. Junior
Jerry Silva (Chicago, Ill./Holy Trinity) entered and stranded the bases loaded. Silva picked up his first save of the year after retiring all four batters he faced in 1.1 innings. Hall moved his record to 2-0. He allowed five runs (three earned) with four walks and three strikeouts. Holy Cross starter Jacob Lanning took the loss to move his record to 0-5.
Matheson and senior
Nathan Poff (Sellersburg, Ind./New Albany) each finished with two hits for the Cougars. Romanin scored twice. Matheson had two hits, a run scored and an RBI.
"We keep preaching to the guys you need just one more run than they score," Chicago State head coach
Steve Joslyn said. "That's what we did today. Holy Cross and us both have a lot of new faces and I think we're both immensely improved."
Holy Cross falls to 3-16 on the season.
The Cougars host South Dakota State on Friday (March 21) in a doubleheader. The non-conference twin bill will start at noon at Cougar Stadium.
