The University of Illinois Springfield baseball team were big winners on Friday afternoon in Game One of the weekend series against McKendree. The Prairie Stars improve to 13-9 overall with a 4-5 record in GLVC play. The Bearcats drop to 7-15 with a 1-8 conference record. 

Game Summary

• UIS scored early and often in the first inning as McKendree went through four different pitchers

• The Stars scored first on a passed ball 

• Mack Clark hit a ground-rule double to bring in two runs

• Nick Melvin hit a double to bring in another run

• Noah Caceres walked, which pushed the lead to 5-0

• Jacyk Uehling singled to left field, bringing in a run

• The Stars scored another run on a wild pitch

• Mark Kattula reached on an error, which would bring in a run

• Mack Clark singled to right field, making it 10-0 in the first inning

• UIS added to their lead in the third inning as Mack Clark grounded out and brought in a run

• Jacyk Uehling singled in the fourth inning to make it 12-0 and round out the scoring

• Gavin Wahlbrink (4-1) pitched all 7 innings while only allowing 4 hits and recording 10 strikeouts in the team's first shutout of the season

Up Next

The Prairie Stars and Bearcats continue the series tomorrow with a doubleheader starting at 12:00 p.m.