Elliot Fulscher
RESPARZA COLLECTIVE
7
Winner Illinois Wesleyan IWU 9-10, 2-2 CCIW
2
Millikin MILLIKIN 11-11, 0-3 CCIW
Winner
Illinois Wesleyan IWU
9-10, 2-2 CCIW
7
Final
2
Millikin MILLIKIN
11-11, 0-3 CCIW
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Illinois Wesleyan IWU 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 0
Millikin MILLIKIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 1

W: Jake Pullam (4-0) L: Houchins, Gavin (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Morgan Vogels

Baseball Falls to Rival Titans in CCIW Matchup

The Big Blue baseball team matched up against the Titans of Illinois Wesleyan University a day later than originally planned on Thursday, April 3 at the Workman Family Baseball Field in Decatur, Ill. In a bullpen game for the Big Blue heading into a three-game weekend series with Augustana, Millikin fell 2-7.

Illinois Wesleyan put up five runs in the first inning on six hits, including a two-run homerun to dead center off the bat of JP Ferraro. They added two more in the second inning, leaving the Big Blue with a seven run deficit to overcome. 

Millikin rallied in the sixth with an Andy Niebrugge single that plated Eliot Fulscher. Fulscher would cross the plate again as the Big Blue's second run in the eight on a single by Sam Bushur. 

Gavin Houchins took the loss for the Big Blue, allowing five runs on five hits. Six Millikin pitchers provided scoreless innings in relief. Max Simpson, Will Simpson, and Josh Bennema each provided hitless showings through one inning apiece.

Jake Pullam was the winning pitcher for Illinois Wesleyan, striking out three and allowing just three hits through 7.0 innings pitched. 

The Big Blue will hit the road for Rock Island, Ill. on Saturday, April 5 to kick off a weekend of three against the Vikings of Augustana College.
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