Baseball Sweeps Road Twinbill At Trinity International

DEERFIELD, Ill. – The Roosevelt University baseball team traveled to TIU Baseball Field in Deerfield and took two Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference games from host Trinity International on Tuesday, April 6.

The Lakers held on for a 9-6 win in game one, fueled by Tyler Suchy (JR/Oak Forest, Ill.)'s three-RBI game, before run-ruling the Trojans in game two by a final of 11-1 in seven innings. Tyrone Simpson Jr. (FR/Flossmoor, Ill.) continued his recent surge of hitting, going 4-for-4 in the finale, and Suchy drove in two more runs in support of a strong start by Augie Schlaffer (JR/Homewood, Ill.).

GAME 1 DETAILS

Score: Roosevelt 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 9 9 5

Trinity International 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 6 4 2

W: Jager L: Sippy

Records: Roosevelt 8-9, 7-8 CCAC // Trinity International 8-12, 2-8 CCAC

Location: TIU Baseball Field | Deerfield, Ill.

THE NUMBERS

• Tyler Suchy tripled, drove in three runs and scored three times during a 2-for-5 showing
• Joshua Stivers (JR/Long Grove, Iowa) went 2-for-4 with two RBI
• Tom Jager (SR/Oak Forest, Ill.) struck out six
• Aaron Cook (SR/Hammond, Ind.) drew three walks
• Kerry Zeese (SO/Granger, Ind.) and Andrew Rodriguez (SR/Oak Forest, Ill.) drove in runs

NEWS & NOTES

• Roosevelt got key insurance with two runs in the fourth on Suchy's RBI triple and a run-scoring passed ball
• RU eventually led by as many as five runs
• The Lakers led 8-5 after six and traded runs with the Trojans in the seventh to get the win
• The Lakers overcame five errors in game one and snapped a five-game skid

GAME 2 DETAILS

Score: Roosevelt 2 1 0 5 2 0 1 11 13 0

Trinity International 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 4

W: Schlaffer L: Willis

Records: Roosevelt 9-9, 8-8 CCAC // Trinity International 8-13, 2-9 CCAC

Location: TIU Baseball Field | Deerfield, Ill.

THE NUMBERS

• Tyrone Simpson Jr. went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI
• Augie Schlaffer went the distance, fanning four and allowing just one run in seven innings
• Tyler Suchy drove in two more runs
• Joshua Stivers had two hits and two RBI
• Andrew Rodriguez and Daniel Gutierrez (SO/New Lenox, Ill.) each had two hits and two runs scored
• Bryan Fox (SO/Homer Glen, Ill.) went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored

NEWS & NOTES

• Roosevelt broke open a 3-0 game with a five-run fourth inning
• Schlaffer was dealing, walking just two and scattering six hits in a complete-game effort
• Simpson Jr. continued his hot hitting with his 4-for-4 game two showing, giving him nine hits in the last five games
• The Lakers took the season series from TIU 2-1 and improved to 16-13 all-time against the Trojans

NEXT UP

Roosevelt wraps up a six-game road swing with a doubleheader against Calumet St. Joseph at Oil City Stadium in Whiting, Ind. this Friday, April 9 at 1:00 p.m.