CHICAGO, Ill. — The University of Chicago baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of sixth inning Sunday and went on to a 3-1 nonconference victory over Lawrence University in a game cut short by rain.
The second game of the doubleheader was canceled.
The game was tied 1-1 headed to the bottom of the sixth when Chicago (9-8) got a two-run double from Nicholas Toomey to surge ahead. The Vikings (6-9) batted in the top half of the seventh, and the game was called after that.
Lucas Friss allowed six hits over seven innings, striking out four and walking two, to pick up the win for the Maroons.
Kyle Duex went the distance for the Vikings and took the loss despite allowing just two earned runs.
Lawrence grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth after Carl Olsen reached on a fielder’s choice. Zach Rabideau followed with a single, and Anthony Ortiz singled to score Olsen.
Chicago tied it with an unearned run in the bottom half of the fifth. Lawrence had a chance to take the lead back in the top of the sixth. The Vikings loaded the bases on singles by Matt Holliday and Travis Weber and an error, but the Maroons forced a run out at the plate and got another ground ball to end the inning.