Christopher Irwin picked up his first mound win of the season on Sunday as the University of Illinois Springfield baseball team split a doubleheader with the Quincy Hawks, winning 5-4 and then losing 10-0, at GCS Ballpark.
Irwin scattered eight hits over seven shutout innings with five strikeouts, improving his earned-run-average to 1.40 on the season.
Junior Richard England earned a one-out save, his second of the season.
Designated hitter John Schram went 2-for-4 with a double and three runs-batted-in. Junior Adam Warda had three of the team's nine hits in the game and is now batting .275 this year.
After Irwin pitched out of a two-on, one out jam in the top of the first, UIS got on the board in the bottom half of the frame. Junior Aaron Kuper hit a sacrifice fly to center field, plating Warda to give the Prairie Stars a 1-0 lead.
This story appeared online in The State Journal-Register on March 15, 2015.
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