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HTML Box ScoreCHICAGO – Chicago State baseball fell to Notre Dame 6-1 on Tuesday (April 8) evening at Cougar Stadium in a non-conference contest. The visit by the Fighting Irish was Notre Dame's first ever to Chicago State.
The Cougars were the first on the scoreboard with a single run in the first inning. Junior
Jared Patterson (Ventura, Calif./Buena) reached on an error and then stole second. He advanced to third on a ground out. Patterson then came around to score on a throwing error by third baseman Kyle Fiala on a ground ball off the bat of junior
Jordan Stroschein (Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar). The inning ended when Stroschein tried to advance on the error but was thrown out at second.
Notre Dame was quick to tie the game up with a run the next half inning. Fiala led the frame off with a hit by pitch and then scored on a ground out.
The teams traded zeros until the sixth inning when the Fighting Irish broke through against Chicago State starter
Andrew Wellwerts (Cedar Lake, Ind./Hanover Central). Notre Dame opened the inning with five consecutive hits and chased Wellwerts from the game with five total runs in the inning.
The Chicago State combination of juniors
Aveeno Nasiloski (Hammond, Ind./Gavit),
Jerry Silva (Chicago, Ill./Holy Trinity),
Joe Ross (Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs) and Patterson pen didn't give up a run the rest of the 3.1 innings. However Notre Dame starting pitcher Nick McCarty was dealing for the Fighting Irish. He threw a complete game with two hits, one run and a walk allowed. McCarty's record is now 2-6. Wellwerts is now 1-6 for the Cougars.
Notre Dame improves to 11-20. The Cougars are now 9-18. Chicago State plays at UIC tomorrow (Wednesday, April 9) in a 6 p.m. start against the Flames.
