Purdue Northwest 12, Parkside 8
The Parkside baseball team dropped the final game of their three-game series at Purdue Northwest Sunday afternoon. Redshirt-senior Austin Emanuel homered in the contest, and pitched seven solid innings in relief for the Rangers.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pride continued their offensive hot streak from yesterday, scoring nine runs in the first two innings off of Parkside starter Hunter Weddel. Emanuel put some runs on the board for the Rangers in the third inning with a three-run home run that scored Weddel and redshirt-junior Kurt Mlachnik. Parkside tacked on five more in the fourth inning thanks in part to two Purdue Northwest errors, and RBI's from seniors Carlos Arteaga and Garrett LaBreche. The five-run fourth brought the Pride lead to just 1, 9-8. 
 
The Pride answered back in the top of the sixth with three runs of their own to make the score 12-8, which proved to be enough to close out the contest and series.
 
STATWORTHY
LaBreche, Mlachnik, and senior Bryce Brogni all had two hits on the day, while Emanuel went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run. LaBreche had two RBI's, and Brogni had one. After relieving Weddel, Emanuel pitched the final seven innings for the Green & White, only giving up three runs on four hits.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Parkside will open their conference schedule at Davenport for a four-game series starting on Friday, March 26 at 3 p.m.