Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The Elmhurst baseball team split a doubleheader with North Central College to win two games in the three-game series against the Cardinals.

After downing North Central 7-3 on Friday night, Elmhurst (8-16, 3-9 CCIW) dropped the first game on Saturday, falling 11-2. The Bluejays rebounded from the loss to top North Central 4-2 in the night cap and take the series in the process.

NORTH CENTRAL 11, ELMHURST 2 - North Central used a five-run third inning and a four-run seventh inning to pull away for an 11-2 win in the first game of a doubleheader.

Elmhurst grabbed a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first after

singled through the left side to drive in a run. A ground out from Struck plated a second run and Collins capped the inning with a run-scoring double.

The Cardinals cut the Bluejays' lead down to just one with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh, but a North Central error in the top of the ninth allowed Elmhurst to tack on an insurance run.

Struck finished with two of the Bluejays' seven hits in the victory.

Millan held the Cardinals in check for eight innings, allowing just four hits, two walks and two runs while striking out seven. Erik Swanson pitched a scoreless ninth to record the save. North Central's Bryan Polowy took the loss, allowing six hits and three runs over 5.2 innings of work.

Elmhurst hosts Aurora University on Tuesday, April 15.