CAROL STREAM, Ill. – Paul Fomby homered twice and drove in six runs to help lead the Elmhurst University baseball team to a 14-4 win over Wheaton College.
 
Elmhurst improved to 9-6 overall and 5-4 in the CCIW with the win while Wheaton slipped to 5-7 overall and 3-3 in league play.
 
The Bluejays scored early and often, putting runs on the board in six innings and totaling 17 hits in the victory.

Elmhurst started the scoring early as Trey Romay and Fomby hit back-to-back solo homers with two outs in the top of the first. Wheaton took advantage of an Elmhurst error to score twice in the bottom of the first, but the Bluejays reclaimed the lead for good in the top of the second on a Kevin Johlie RBI single.
 
Fomby blasted his second homer of the game, a two-run shot, in the third to put Elmhurst up 5-2. Wheaton grabbed a run in the bottom of the third to close to within two, but Elmhurst responded with three runs in the fourth. Tyler Kledzik singled home a run and Fomby was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in another run. A Wheaton error accounted for the Bluejays' final tally of the inning.
 
Wheaton scored its final run in the sixth, cutting Elmhurst's lead to 8-4 at the time. The Bluejays blew the game open in the final three innings. Elmhurst scored four times in the seventh and twice in the ninth. Johlie doubled home a run in the eighth and Carter Truong knocked in a pair with a two-run single. Fomby also drove in another run on a groundout. A wild pitch and an RBI single from Fomby accounted for the Bluejays' two runs in the ninth.
 
Fomby finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a pair of runs scored and six driven in. Romay added three hits, scored two runs and drove in one. Zachary Mietzner added three hits, including a pair of doubles and scored two runs. Johlie finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs. Truong and Kledzik added two hits and scored two runs apiece in the win.
 
Noah Jordan made the start and picked up the win for Elmhurst. Jordan worked 5.2 innings, scattering five hits and just two earned runs. He walked five while striking out nine. J.D. Knight and Nathaniel Jones combined to pitch 3.1 innings of scoreless relief.
 
Elmhurst hosts Carthage College in a doubleheader on Friday, April 2.