The UIS Baseball team completed a series win against the Upper Iowa Peacocks, taking Sunday's nine inning game by a score of 10-3. UIS improves to 23-18 overall and 14-14 against conference opponents.
Game Summary
- Seven innings from Adam Lindsey helped the Prairie Stars to a series win. Lindsey earned eight strikeouts while allowing just one walk and one run
- Mark Kattula's RBI double in the first inning started the scoring. UIS would go up 3-0 in the first on three hits
- UIS plated another run in the second on an RBI single by Ivan Dahlberg
- UIS scored three runs with two out in the fourth when TJ Yakimisky tripled to clear the bases
- Upper Iowa got on the board in the sixth, plating one run after a string of singles
- The Prairie Stars extended their lead to 10-1 in the seventh
- UIU found one run in each of the 8th and 9th innings
Adam Lindsey- W, 7.0 IP, 8 K, 1 BB, 1 ER, 1.29 ERA
Jacob Newman- W, 7.0 IP, 5 K, 0 BB, 1 ER, 1.29 ERA
Brant Vanaman- 9-17, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .529 AVG, .556 OBP, .706 SLG
Mark Kattula- 9-18, 4 RBI, 1 HR, .500 AVG, .526 OBP, .778 SLG
Ivan Dahlberg- 6-12, 6 RBI, 3 HR, .500 AVG, .600 OBP, 1.250 SLG
TJ Yakimisky- 6-15, 8 RBI, Grand Slam, .400 AVG, .500 OBP, .546 SLG
Up Next
The Prairie Stars will play host again next weekend, this time to the Southwest Baptist Bearcats. UIS will celebrate Local Heroes Day on Saturday the 27th and Senior Day on Sunday the 28th.