Wednesday, April 6, 2016

UIS baseball team edges Harris-Stowe

Trey Hannam’s sacrifice fly in the sixth inning gave the University of Illinois Springfield the lead against Harris-Stowe and the Prairie Stars went on to win 7-6 Tuesday in a non-conference baseball game at UIS Field.

The Hornets (15-19) built a 4-0 lead at the top of the second inning. Hannam’s home run in the bottom of the second put the Stars (12-12) on the scoreboard.

His sixth-inning sacrifice put UIS up 6-5. Teammate Troy Cantu stretched the lead to 7-5 by scoring on an error in the sixth inning.

The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on April 6, 2016.

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