The University of Illinois Springfield got three innings of one-hit relief pitching and scored three unearned runs in the top of the fifth inning Sunday to take a 5-3 win over Rockhurst in the first game of a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader.
The host Hawks came back to win the second game 8-2. It left UIS at 10-7 overall and 5-3 in the GLVC.
Blake Baker went 2-for-4 with a double for UIS in the first game, while Logan Frye went 2-for-3. Nick Sanders had an RBI double to give the Stars a 1-0 lead in the top of the second.
The win was featured by The State Journal-Register on March 24, 2014.
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