Freshman right-hander Aiden Pieniazek threw a 4-hit shutout, striking out six and walking just one as host College of DuPage defeated Prairie State 8-0 in a 5-inning game shortened due to rain.
 
The Chaps (18-16, 15-13 Region 4) are at Harper (12-31, 12-26) on Saturday. First pitch is 1 p.m.
 
Chaparrals 8, Prairie State 0 5 innings

• Mark Mennecke led at the plate, going 3-for-3 with three RBI
• A.J. Fulscher joined Mennecke in a multi-hit game, producing a pair of singles
• COD scored twice in the first, three in the second and three in the fourth
• Mennecke supplied an RBI-single in the first to key the one-hit, two-run inning
• COD scored three runs on three hits in the second
• Anthony Titone and A.J. Fulscher each had RBI-singles and Fulscher later scored on a balk
• Fulscher and Michael Morgan scored on Mennecke's fifth-inning double
• Quinn Flanagan scored on a wild pitch in the fifth