Junior Adam Warda hit a two-run double and had three hits in the University of Illinois Springfield’s 12-7 win over Maryville in the second game of a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader.
Junior Aaron Kuper was 3-for-5 and collected three RBIs for the Prairie Stars (9-10 overall, 3-4 in the GLVC). Junior Matt Farrington was the winning pitcher with three strikeouts and four walks in seven innings.
Maryville held on for a 5-4 victory in the first contest.
UIS fell behind 5-1 after the Saints scored four runs in the sixth inning. The Stars scored three runs in the seventh. Junior Mark Self’s two-run single made it 5-3. Junior Lance LeBaron’s RBI double got UIS within 5-4.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on March 23, 2015.
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