HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University baseball team fell to UIC on Sunday in the series finale by a score of 11-2. UIC moves to 20-13 on the year and 8-7 in the Horizon League. NKU is 10-27 overall and 5-13 in league play.
 
 
AT THE PLATE

• Chad Roberts went 2-for-4 with a home run.
• Will Haueter and Collin Hohman were also 2-for-4 in the contest.

 
 
ON THE MOUND

• Brody Basilone got the start and took the loss on the mound. He allowed five runs in five innings.
• Jordan Menfee pitched 0.2 innings out of the bullpen, allowing five runs.
• Nick Beard threw 1.1 scoreless innings.
• Cal McAninch closed out the game. He allowed just one run on four hits in two innings of work.

 
 
KEY MOMENTS

• UIC took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second. Alex Dee hit a two-run single for the Flames in the inning.
• The Flames added three runs in the fifth inning. Scott Ota hit a two-run triple, and he scored on an RBI single by Bowen Ogata to make the score 5-0.
• The Norse loaded the bases in the bottom half of the fifth, but UIC was able to escape the jam.
• UIC crossed the plate five times in the sixth inning to go ahead 10-0. Derrick Patrick hit a two-run triple in the frame, and Ota added a two-run homer.
• The Flames added their final run in the ninth inning. With the bases loaded, Dylan Gilbert was hit by a pitch to allow a run to score.
• Roberts hit a two-run homer for NKU in the bottom of the ninth, but UIC went on to win 11-2.  

 
 
NORSE NOTES

• UIC had 19 hits in the contest, and NKU had nine.
• Each team left 13 runners on base.
• Neither team committed an error.

 
UP NEXT

• NKU hosts Xavier in nonconference action on Tuesday, April 24. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN3.