Chris Monroe, Kal Youngquist and Zion Pettigrew each hit home runs and combined for 11 RBIs to lead the University of Illinois Springfield baseball team to a season-opening 17-2 victory over Newman on Saturday.
UIS led 3-2 after five innings and then scored seven runs each in the seventh and eighth innings. Bobby Barnard went 3-for-4, drove in five runs and scored twice for the Prairie Stars.
This article appeared in The State Journal-Register on Feb. 15, 2020.
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