Wheaton baseball drops a one-run contest at IIT, 7-6

Chicago, Ill. – The Thunder baseball team traveled to Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on Thursday for a non-conference game that was rescheduled from earlier in the month when it was rained out. The Scarlet Hawks defeated the Thunder 7-6 in the matchup. IIT scored seven runs, on seven hits, with one error, while Wheaton tallied six runs, on four hits, with three errors. Freshman pitcher Josh Ortiz started the game for the Thunder, working one inning. He allowed three runs, on one hit, with one walk and hit two batters. Josh Liu pitched two innings of relief as he…