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Baseball Opens Two-Game Swing In Big Ten Against Northwestern May 8, 2007
Game Notes in PDF Format
Chicago, Ill.- The UIC baseball team will take a two-game break from Horizon League play this week with contests against Northwestern and Michigan State. On Tuesday afternoon the Flames (26-16) will travel north to Evanston to face the Wildcats (13-32) at Rocky Miller Park at 3:00 p.m. That will be followed by a game on Wednesday against Michigan State (18-23) at UIC's Les Miller Field at 6:05 p.m. The Flames are 20-9 against Big Ten opponents in head coach Mike Dee's eight previous seasons. UIC has won 20 of its last 24 games and is coming off a three-game weekend road sweep over Youngstown State. Pacing UIC at the plate is senior CF Larry Gempp Jr. (Ingleside, Ill./Grant H.S./College of Lake County). Gempp is making his final season his best with team-leading totals in average (.394) and RBI (41). In the last three weeks Gempp is hitting .467 (21-for-45) with three of his four homers and 17 runs batted in during that span. For more information on UIC Baseball, check out the game notes above.
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