Illinois-Chicago Outlasts UW-Milwaukee, 9-6

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May 27, 2004

Illinois-Chicago Outlasts UW-Milwaukee, 9-6

    Niles, Ohio -- The UIC Flames scored five runs in the first and turned three inning-ending double plays en route to a 9-6 victory over UW-Milwaukee in the second round of the Horizon League Tournament Thursday morning at Eastwood Field.
    The Panthers came back to tie the score at five in the fifth, but UIC scored four unanswered to help them advance to play the winner of the Youngstown State and Cleveland State game Saturday at 12:30 p.m. UW-Milwaukee will play Wednesday night at 6:30 in an elimination game against Butler.
    Ryan Zink picked up his ninth win of the season as he allowed five runs over 6 1/3 innings and struck out three. David Haehnel allowed one run over the final 2 2/3 innings for his fourth save. Robert Michalkiewicz was tagged with the loss for the Panthers despite allowing only two runs in 6 2/3 innings of relief.
    The Flames sent nine men to the plate in the first, scoring four runs on five hits and two walks. Mike Hughes put the Flames up in a hurry as he he hit a three-run bomb to right to plate Ted Rosinski and Bryan Russo, who led off the inning with a single and a walk. Then, with two outs, Brad Ryan and Shane Crowder hit RBI singles to put UIC up 5-0.
    UW-Milwakee cut the margin to two in the top of the second on three hits and a Flame error. After the first three Panthers reached, Joe Nowicki scored on Sam Jansen's fielder's choice and Ross McCoy came around to score on a throwing error by first baseman Justin Johnson. The Panthers tacked on another run when Matt Alexander brought home Zak Rivera with a two-out single to right.
    The Panthers then tied the score in the fifth when Nowicki connected on the first pitch for a two-run homer to right, but UIC got the lead back immediately in the bottom half of the frame as Nelson Gord singled home Jordan DeVoir.
    The Flames added three insurance runs in the eighth when Johnson was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and DeVoir hit a two-run single.
    UW-Milwaukee put the tying run at the plate in the ninth as it loaded the bases with one out, but Haehnel struck out Ben Stanczyk and Nicholas Wischer after a passed ball to seal the win.