GLEN ELLYN, IL - Prairie State scored nine unanswered runs in the first game but couldn't hold a late lead. In the second game, College of DuPage took an early lead and never looked back.
College of DuPage 17, Prairie State 9
Prairie State led 9-3 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning before giving up 14 runs in the frame.
The Pioneers scored four times in the fourth and five times in the fifth.
Alex Perez hit a two-run double in the fourth and
Devin Smith delivered a bases clearing double in the fifth.
Isaiah Gaines homered in the game and had two hits.
Gabe Cortez and
Scott Gates each had two hits for Prairie State (4-32).
College of DuPage 12, Prairie State 2 (6 inn.)
Two big innings did the Pioneers in Game two. College of DuPage scored four in the third and eight in the fourth.
Gaines had two more hits for Prairie State.
Cortez, Perez and
Jimmy Boylan had the other hits for the Pioneers.
