KENOSHA, Wis. – The Carthage College baseball team split a pair of crucial College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin games on Good Friday, as the Red Men rebounded from a game-one loss to defeat the Elmhurst College Bluejays in game-two, 13-3.
 
The split on the day moves the Red Men to 13-11 overall and 6-5 in the CCIW, while Elmhurst moves to 13-10 and 7-3 in the league.
 
GM1: Elmhurst 7, Carthage 6
Carthage saw a late inning lead dwindle after the Red Men built a 4-1 lead after six innings, as the Red Men scored runs individual runs in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
 
Starting pitcher Chris DeRue had a solid outing and was lifted after 6.0 inning, which he allowed three earned runs on six hits while striking out and walking four.
 
However the Red Men bullpen was not able to close the door on the Bluejays, as back-to-back three run innings in the seventh and eighth to give Elmhurst a 7-5 lead going into the ninth.   
 
Cleanup hitter Reed Hero drove in in Jared Knoespel on with his third hit of the game but Kiko Mari was able to pickup the save in the 7-6 Red Men defeat.
 
GM2: Carthage 13, Elmhurst 3
Game two saw the Red Men battle back from an early 2-0 hole behind a strong pitching performance from Tim Sulik to earn a lopsided 13-3 win.  Sulik improved to 4-2 on the year with his fourth win in his last five starts despite allowing a season high 12 hits to the Bluejays.  Sulik's day ended allowing three earned and striking out four and forcing Elmhurst to stranding nine batters while he was in.
 
Carthage followed-up a ten-hit performance in the game-one loss with a 13-hit showing in the win, led by Jordan Wiegold and Drew Korosic.  Wiegold finished 3-4 with a game-high five RBI's.  It is the shortstop's second five-RBI performance in the Red Men's last three games.
 
After falling behind 2-0 in the second, Carthage responded with three in the third as an Elmhurst error led to two unearned Red Men runs.
 
Following a run by the Bluejays to once again tie it in the third at 3-3, Carthage scored runs in every inning the rest of the way to run away with it, capped-off by a solo homerun by Jordan Wiegold in the eighth and a grand slam in the top of the ninth.
 
Carthage will return to action at Augie Schmidt Field on Saturday with the second leg of a back-to-back doubleheader as the Red Men face Wheaton College at noon.