Friday, April 8, 2016

Home runs power UIS baseball

University of Illinois Springfield’s Jason Galeano hit a second-inning grand slam, then hit a home run in the fourth inning and the Prairie Stars won 21-9 against Lindenwood in a non-conference game at Lenz Field Wednesday.

Zach Patterson, Gabriel Acevedo and Trey Hannam also hit home runs for UIS (13-12). Patterson hit a three-run home run in the third. He finished with five RBIs.

Adam Gregory got the win with two strikeouts and one walk. He gave up two hits in three innings.

The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on April 7, 2016.

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