Colorado Hands Illinois 8-2 Defeat
The <Colorado Bears:team#2> and starting pitcher <Petro Groeneveld:player#10923> stifled the <Illinois:team#74> offense en route to a comfortable 8-2 win at Todd Berry Memorial Field. The second-place Bears raised their record to 62-70.

Who knows how it might've ended, had it not been for <Ken Cooper:player#4202>? The Colorado right fielder had a 2-run  double in the top of the third inning to put the Bears on top, 4-0. For the game, <Cooper:player#4202> had 1 double and 1 single in 5 at-bats.

"The boys were really swinging the bats today," winning manager   said.



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