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Baseball - Fri, Apr 23, 2010
St. Francis 12, Judson 2 - Box

JOLIET, Ill. - Committing five errors and only scoring two runs, Judson University fell two games back in the CCAC as the University of St. Francis swept the entire series with a 12-2 seven inning win. St. Francis had a 4-1 lead when they scored eight combined runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings to end the game. Judson now falls two games back of St. Francis in a second place tie with St. Xavier.

Stefan Alinkas went six innings giving up five earned runs on 11 hits with five strikeouts. Jake Zappia made an appearance and faced three batters to give up three earned runs. Jason Egli finished by facing three batters and giving up one run on two hits.

Johnny Amann and Levi Pippenger each had two hits for Judson as Amann recorded the lone RBI.

St. Francis scored four runs in the first three innings for a 4-0 lead. Judson cut the lead to three, 4-1, in the top of the fourth. Giovanni Cantwell hit into a double play that scored Matt McHenry for the lone run of the inning. In the bottom of the fifth, St. Francis started their three inning rally for eight runs. Judson's other run came in the top of the seventh when Amann singled in Nick Norris.

Judson will next play on Wednesday, April 28th, when they travel to Milwaukee, Wisc., to face Cardinal Stritch at 3:30 p.m.