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Baseball Mark Reinhiller, Sports Information Coordinator

Chaps enter elimination round after 14-inning loss to Harper

A.J. Taylor had two solo homers and a pair of doubles against Harper.
Box Score No. 2 seed College of DuPage was extended to extra-innings in its NJCAA Region 4 opener against No. 6 Harper and suffered an 8-6 loss in 14 innings at COD.
 
The Chaps, now 33-16 overall, face Oakton in an elimination game at 9 a.m. Friday in Joliet.
  • COD totaled 15 hits
  • Lead-off hitter A.J. Taylor led at the plate, going 4-for-6 with two doubles and two solo homers
  • Pinch-hitter Trey Braun went 2-for-2 with a pair of singles in the 11th and 14th innings
  • No. 9 hitter Jake Pauley had a two-run single in the second and finished with three hits
  • Down 6-4 in the eighth, the Chaps connected on a two-run, three-hit eighth to tie the game
  • Back-to-back singles from Joe Cosenza and Filip Milatovic supplied the 8th inning tie
  • COD flew out 19 times to Harper outfielders
  • RHP Justin Lane threw 6 innings, allowing 5 runs (all earned) and struck out 5 for the no-decision
  • Reliever Joe Seiber gave COD 7 2/3 innings and suffered the hard-luck loss
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Trey  Braun

#26 Trey Braun

INF
6' 1"
Sophomore
Joe Cosenza

#23 Joe Cosenza

INF
6' 0"
Sophomore
Justin Lane

#12 Justin Lane

RHP
6' 2"
Sophomore
A.J. Taylor

#17 A.J. Taylor

INF
5' 10"
Sophomore
Filip  Milatovic

#5 Filip Milatovic

C / OF
5' 9"
Freshman
Jake Pauley

#9 Jake Pauley

C / OF
5' 10"
Freshman
Joe Seiber

#19 Joe Seiber

RHP
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Trey  Braun

#26 Trey Braun

6' 1"
Sophomore
INF
Joe Cosenza

#23 Joe Cosenza

6' 0"
Sophomore
INF
Justin Lane

#12 Justin Lane

6' 2"
Sophomore
RHP
A.J. Taylor

#17 A.J. Taylor

5' 10"
Sophomore
INF
Filip  Milatovic

#5 Filip Milatovic

5' 9"
Freshman
C / OF
Jake Pauley

#9 Jake Pauley

5' 10"
Freshman
C / OF
Joe Seiber

#19 Joe Seiber

5' 10"
Freshman
RHP