SUGAR GROVE, ILL. - The Madison College baseball team received a gem of an outing from freshman Reagan Klawiter en route to an 8-0 blanking of Region 4 foe Waubonsee Community College in a nine-inning contest Thursday. The WolfPack win improved their lead in the all-time series to a 13-10 count. 

Klawitter (5-1) registered ten strikeouts, the second highest total for the Verona, Wisconsin, native this season. The Illinois State University transfer worked eight innings, and scattered four hits and hit two batters, while holding the Chiefs without a run. Klawiter has won four consecutive starts, allowing a single earned run and fanning 31 batters over that stretch, which has seen his ERA drop from 3.06 to 1.36.

The Madison College bats gave Klawiter a lead to work with in the third inning, scoring three runs on five hits. Gunnar Doyle's double brought home Brady Jurgella ahead of a Logan Mantz single that drove in Gabe O'Brien and Doyle. Two hits and two free passes in the fourth led to another three-run frame and a 6-0 lead. With runners on second and third, Zach Storbakken brought home Taiten Manriquez and O'Brien with a ground ball up the middle, and eventually scored on a wild pitch. A sacrifice fly by O'Brien in the sixth made it 7-0, and Spencer Bartel produced the game's final run in the seventh with a productive ground out that plated Mantz.

The WolfPack outhit Waubonsee Community College (19-20-1) by a 12-4 margin, led by four two-hit efforts. Storbakken and Mantz each produced two hits, two runs batted in, and a run scored. Doyle also had a pair of base hits that yielded a run and a RBI. That trio combined for six hits, five runs driven in, and three runs scored as the 3-4-5 hitters. Gabe O'Brien, hitting in the two spot, added a hit, two runs, and a run batted in, and was matched with two runs scored by Manriquez, who did it while going 0 for 2 at the plate.

Up Next:

Madison College (34-12) will finish the regular season with a pair of key Region 4 doubleheaders at Robin Roberts Field over the weekend. The WolfPack will host the College of Lake County (32-14) on Saturday, May 8 and look to improve a 27-5 record in the head-to-head series. On Sunday, May 9, the 'Pack welcomes South Suburban College (36-15) and could even the all-time series with a pair of wins, as the Bulldogs lead 21-19. Both twin bills begin at noon. 

Spectators are limited to immediate family only (Fan Policy (PDF)), and the games can be seen live via MadisonCollege.tv.

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