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Schedule

WINPOST1
5
Winner Winona State WSU 1-0
1
McKendree MCK 0-1
Winner
Winona State WSU
1-0
5
Final
1
McKendree MCK
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Winona State WSU 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 8 1
McKendree MCK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1

W: Gendron, K. (1-0) L: Yancik, Andrew (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cooper Hayes

Bearcats Drop Season Opener To Warriors

The McKendree University baseball team lost its season opener to Winona State by a score of 5-1 on Saturday afternoon in O'Fallon, Ill.
 
How it Happened
The Bearcats struck first in the second inning when junior Corey Price (Bethalto, IL/Civic Memorial) swiped third and then advanced home following a wild pitch by Winona to give then Bearcats a 1-0 lead.

It was all the Warriors from that point on, with Winona adding two runs in the third inning off a pair of singles to take a 2-1 lead. After that, the Warriors added another pair of runs in the fifth inning and a final run in the eighth.

Senior Andrew Yancik (Glen Carbon, IL/Edwardsville) suffered his first loss of the young season while throwing 4.1 innings and surrendering five hits for the Bearcats.

Inside the Box Score
-  Corey Price (Bethalto, IL/Civic Memorial) recorded hits in three of his four at bats on the afternoon as well as scoring the lone run for the Bearcats.
-  The Bearcats left eight runners on base on the afternoon.
 
Up Next
McKendree returns to O'Fallon Family Sports Park tomorrow for the final game of its two-game series with Winona State on February 28th with first pitch scheduled for 12 p.m.
 
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