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May 5, 2005

Baseball Set To Take On Rival McKendree

The Spartans took on a feisty first round AMC tourney opponent in Harris Stowe State College on Wednesday. Eddie Uschold and his Spartans came out victorious by a score of 8-7. The Spartans trailed 6-5 in the bottom of the sixth, but got a two run home run from the good guys to take the one run lead (7-6). The Hornets came back and tied the score at seven in the top of the eighth (all tourney games are played nine innings), but the Spartans got the game winning run in the bottom of the eighth to prevail.

MBU advances to round two play rival and NAIA 8th ranked McKendree College on the Bearcats home field, a team they split with (2-2) just last week. Game time is slated for noon Thursday. The Spartans must win one out of their next two games to advance to Region V play.