College of DuPage extended its season-best winning streak to seven games and became winners in 16 of its last 19 with a 21-8 rout over visiting Morton College that was called after seven innings Tuesday.
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Sophomore
Filip Milatovic drove in seven runs, thanks to consecutive three-run doubles in the fifth and sixth innings, and freshman RHP
Troy Vosburgh (1-0 overall) gave the Chaps five quality innings in his first start of the season.
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COD (23-16, 20-13 Region 4) travels to Lake County today in a 9-inning game, and then closes out the regular season at home with a 9-inning game vs. Oakton (Thursday) and a doubleheader Saturday against Sauk Valley.
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Morton dropped to 35-16, 25-13 and play NJCAA Division II.
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Chaparrals 21, Morton 8 7 innings
- No. 9 hitter Jake Pauley tied the game at 2-2 on a two-run single in the second
- COD sent 10 to the plate in the third, scoring seven runs on five hits
- Aden Aukland's two-run single got the inning
- Milatovic, who went 3-for-5 with three doubles, got his first RBI-double in the third, scoring Joe Pender, who led off with a walk
- Hudson Williams added an RBI-double in the inning
- Mark Mennecke, who went 3-for-3 with four runs scored, earned his third single in four innings and scored on Michael Morgan's two-out single in the fourth
- Quinn Flanagan (walk), Pender (hit by pitch) and Mennecke (walk) set the table for Milatovic's first three-run double in the fifth
- In the sixth, COD scored six runs on five hits and sent 11 to the plate
- Milatovic connected on a two-out, three-run double to cap the inning
- Vosburgh danced through some early trouble, but came through and ate up five innings
- The RHP struck out three, walked two and scattered eight hits
- Vosburgh entered the day having thrown just 3 2/3 innings on the season
- Williams and Pauley joined Milatovic and Mennecke with three-hit games
- Aukland and Morgan each had two hits
- Time of the game was 2 hours, 14 minutes
- 3B Vinny Spotofora keyed the Chaps' defense with six putouts
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