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Baseball: Northwestern records season-high in runs, but still falls to UIC

After a massive series win over rival Illinois this past weekend, Northwestern’s offense followed that performance with even more firepower. The Wildcats scored 20 runs at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park against University of Illinois-Chicago.

Somehow, 20 runs were not enough as the Flames scored 24. Though Northwestern put up their season-high in runs, they gave up 20 or more runs for the third time this season (the other two against Texas State). Alex Calarco led the way for Northwestern with five RBIs, while Alex Roessner, Owen McElfatrick and Trent Liolios all drove in three. Starting pitcher Ethan Sund pitched 1.