CHICAGO – The UIC baseball team closed out its four-game home stand Tuesday night, as it welcomed Iowa to Curtis Granderson Stadium. The Flames entered the game with a 3-0 record against the Big Ten Conference this season.

• The Hawkeyes tallied the game's first run in the visiting half of the first, as Brennen Dorighi reached on a fielder's choice, plating a run to give Iowa the early lead.
• The Flames would answer right back in the bottom of the first, as Breck Nowik tied the game with a sacrifice fly, and Ryan Nagelbach singled to right field to score Charlie Szykowny from third base and give UIC the 2-1 lead.
• Following a two-run third inning for the Hawkeyes, the Flames would volley back with two more of their own on the strength of a Jackson Bessette RBI single up the middle and a Hawkeye wild pitch, bringing the score to 4-3 in favor of UIC.
• Rayth Petersen launched his second home run of the season with one out in the Flames' half of the fourth inning, a two-run blast to give UIC a 6-3 advantage.
• The Flames exploded for six runs in the fifth inning, including RBI singles from Petersen and Nagelbach. UIC also took advantage of three bases loaded walks in the inning.
• UIC added two more runs on a Nowik RBI single and a wild pitch in the home half of the sixth, and Reece Lawler came in and closed the door in the seventh, earning the Flames the 14-3 run rule victory.

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The Flames will return to the road and Missouri Valley Conference play this weekend, as they head to Valparaiso, Ind. for a three-game set against the Beacons, beginning Friday afternoon. Valparaiso and UIC are battling for positioning in the MVC, as the Beacons currently sit in seventh place while the Flames are just two games back in eighth, with only the top eight finishing teams reaching the Missouri Valley Championship in late May. All three games of this weekend's series can be heard free of charge on the Flames Network, and will not be streamed on any of the ESPN family of networks.