SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The UIndy baseball team dropped a pair of contests to the No. 23-ranked University of Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars. The Greyhounds move to 11-7 on the season while the Prairie Stars now sit at 18-6. The two teams are set to finish the four game set Sunday with another doubleheader at the UIS baseball field.
 
GAME 1 | UIS 11, UIndy 10
Brady Ware was the man on the mound for the Hounds in game one. The Prairie Stars jumped on him early, slapping a pair of singles into the outfield. An RBI groundout followed, giving UIS a 1-0 lead. The Hounds answered back and more in the top of the second via a Zack Williams two RBI single up the gut. UIS went onto score one run in the second, third and fourth, setting the score at 4-2.
 
The fifth is when the Hounds had their biggest scoring output, plating five. Brandon DeWitt got the party started, slapping a double into centerfield, scoring Easton Good. Ware, just a few at bats later, made his presence known from the plate, working a full count walk to send DeWitt home. A Prairie Stars error let up the third run of the fifth before Jared Bujdos roped a ball into centerfield scoring two.
 
The stars tied it in the sixth, with the Hounds taking the lead right back in the seventh via another UIS error and a Denton Shepler two-RBI single. The Hounds pitchers couldn't calm the offense of UIS in the bottom of the seventh, giving up three to find the final score of 11-10.
 
GAME 2 | UIS 5, UIndy 3
Two of the best strikeout men in the GLVC took the mound in game two. Seth Spencer was the Hounds man, throwing 119 pitches in the contest over six innings while striking out eight. The UIS starter, Ryan Carmack, won the ironman battle, going all seven while giving up only three on 132 pitches thrown while setting down ten.
 
The Hounds put home three in the first frame, with Issac Bair and Bujdos accounting for the three ribbies on a pair of left field singles.
 
UP NEXT
The Hounds wrap up the four game stretch on Sunday with yet another doubleheader, first pitch is set for 1 p.m.