CRESTWOOD, Ill. – The Roosevelt University baseball team started its weekend series with Indiana South Bend by taking two Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference games from the Titans at Ozinga Field on Saturday, April 24.

Andrew Rodriguez (SR/Oak Forest, Ill.) hit a game-tying RBI double and a key solo home run late to lift the Lakers past the Titans in game one by a final of 3-2. Joshua Stivers (JR/Long Grove, Iowa) hit a go-ahead RBI single in the fifth in support of Tom Jager (SR/Oak Forest, Ill.), who went the distance for the win.

The Lakers broke an early 1-1 deadlock with a seven-run third inning, and Roosevelt held on for a 10-6 victory to complete the Saturday sweep.

Stivers finished the day with five runs driven in.

GAME 1 DETAILS

Score: Indiana South Bend 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0

Roosevelt 0 0 0 1 1 1 X 3 9 0

W: Jager L: Berger

Records: Roosevelt 13-15, 12-14 CCAC // Indiana South Bend 17-19, 13-8 CCAC

Location: Ozinga Field | Crestwood, Ill.

THE NUMBERS

• Andrew Rodriguez went 2-for-2 with a homer, a double, two RBI and a walk
• Tom Jager struck out seven Titans in seven innings for his fifth win
• Joshua Stivers went 2-for-3 with an RBI
• Matt Donahue (JR/Palos Heights, Ill.) went 2-for-3

NEWS & NOTES

• Jager tossed his sixth complete game of the season
• Jager came into the game ranked 16^th in the NAIA in innings pitched per game, averaging more than six innings per game
• Game one of Saturday's twinbill marked Jager's seventh quality start of 2021

GAME 2 DETAILS

Score: Indiana South Bend 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 6 12 1

Roosevelt 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0

W: Mathias L: Dobos S: Donahue

Records: Roosevelt 14-15, 13-14 CCAC // Indiana South Bend 17-20, 13-9 CCAC

Location: Ozinga Field | Crestwood, Ill.

THE NUMBERS

• Joshua Stivers doubled, drew two walks and drove in four runs
• Chris Broccolino (SR/Schaumburg, Ill.) went 3-for-4 with two RBI
• Tyler Suchy (JR/Oak Forest, Ill.) went 3-for-5 with two runs scored
• Noah Mathias (SO/LaPorte, Ind.) went 5.1 innings, fanning five, for the win
• Matt Donahue went 1-for-4 with a run scored and pitched 3.2 innings in relief for the save
• Bryan Fox (SO/Homer Glen, Ill.) drove in two runs

NEWS & NOTES

• Three bases-loaded walks, a wild pitch and run-scoring hits by Broccolino and Fox highlighted Roosevelt's seven-run third
• Mathias gutted out 5.1 innings to get his third win of 2021
• Donahue's save was his first since 2019
• The Titans out-hit Roosevelt 12-10, but the Lakers stranded 10 IUSB runners
• Roosevelt improved to 8-4 all-time against Indiana South Bend

NEXT UP

Roosevelt concludes its three-game series against Indiana South Bend at Four Winds Field in South Bend, Ind. on Sunday, April 25 at 6 p.m. Central. Live stats are available here.