Late Errors Sting Baseball Against St. Ambrose; Rain Suspends Second Game

CRESTWOOD, Ill. – The Roosevelt University baseball team was plagued by four miscues in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference opener on Wednesday, March 17 at Ozinga Field, as visiting St. Ambrose scored the go-ahead run during a three-error sixth inning to leave Crestwood with a 3-2 win.

The Lakers trailed 3-0 heading into their half of the sixth before rain suspended game two, with the two teams agreeing to resume play when they meet at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Iowa next month.

GAME 1 DETAILS

Score: St. Ambrose 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1
Roosevelt 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 4

Records: Roosevelt 1-2, 0-1 CCAC // St. Ambrose 5-9, 1-0 CCAC

Location: Ozinga Field | Crestwood, Ill.

THE NUMBERS

• Tom Jager went the distance again, allowing just three hits and one earned run with four strikeouts in 7.0 IP
• Andrew Rodriguez went 3-for-3
• Tyler Suchy tied the game in the fifth with an RBI groundout
• Joshua Stivers drove in Roosevelt's first run with an RBI single
• Roosevelt out-hit St. Ambrose 8-3

NEWS & NOTES

• The Lakers rallied back from an early 2-0 deficit with runs in the fourth and fifth
• The Bees took the lead after three errors allowed the go-ahead run to get to third and come home on a single
• Roosevelt put the tying run on in the seventh after Bryan Fox led off with a single, but the Lakers could not knot the contest

NEXT UP

The Lakers are scheduled to begin a CCAC series against Lincoln (Ill.) with a doubleheader this Saturday in Lincoln, Ill. First pitch for game one is slated for 1 p.m.