Box Score
Box score
AURORA, Ill. - The Aurora University Spartans
pounded out 25 runs on 24 hits and went on to defeat Wisconsin
Lutheran College 25-4 on Sunday in the second game of a Northern
Athletics Conference doubleheader at Solfisburg Park.
The Spartans hit back-to-back home runs in bottom of the first
inning to take an early 2-0 lead. After a scoreless second from
both clubs, Wisconsin Lutheran took a 3-2 lead in the third on a
two-run homer by AJ Paczocha (Cudahy, Wis./Union Grove Christian)
and an RBI single from Justin Barkhurst (Crete, Ill./Illinois
Lutheran).
Aurora quickly responded in the bottom half of the frame to
score four runs on a two-RBI double and a two-run home run.
Sophomore Ethan Geis (Fond du Lac, Wis./Winnebago Lutheran) led off
the fourth inning for the Warriors with a solo home run to cut
WLC's deficit to 6-4.
The host Spartans broke open the game in the fourth when they
scored 10 runs on nine hits to take a 12-run advantage. Aurora
plated five runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth to end the
game after six and one-half due to run rule.
Paczocha went 2-for-3 to lead WLC at the plate. Six other
Warriors tallied one hit to account for the eight hits on the
afternoon.
Tony Wellner went 4-for-4 with four RBIs and four runs scored to
lead the Spartans (27-10, 16-6 NAC), who hit four home runs in the
game.
Wisconsin Lutheran finishes its 2009 season 12-28 overall and
5-17 in the NAC under first-year head coach Dave Reinemann. The 12
wins are the most since 2002 when WLC finished 19-17.
