The Carthage College baseball team pulled out a close one Friday.

Mario Perez pitched a five-hitter and withstood two unearned runs in the Red Men's 3-2 victory over Illinois Wesleyan in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin game at Bloomington, Ill.

The victory, the 12th straight for Carthage (16-4, 9-0 CCIW), was the first game of a three-game series.

Mike Hughes doubled home a run in the first inning for the Red Men and scored a run in the fourth inning on a throwing error on a bunt by Wesleyan pitcher Pat Kirchhofer. Mike Petti's RBI single in the top of the sixth turned out to be key for Carthage, because in the bottom of the inning, Red Men left fielder Chris D'Angelo dropped a slicing, windblown line drive that allowed two runs to score.

But Perez (3-0) was equal to the challenge, striking out six, including the final batter of the game with a runner on third base.

Hughes and Will Hodges each went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

UW-PARKSIDE: The Rangers finally found some offense, but were still swept by Quincy 6-1 and 10-8 in a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader played at Carthage College in Kenosha.

The games were the home openers for Parkside, but the games had to be moved to Carthage because Red Oberbruner Field on the Parkside campus in Somers was not ready for play.

In the first game, Quincy went up 3-0 in the top of the first inning, the big hit a two-run double. The Hawks scored three more in the top of the sixth on an RBI triple, RBI double and RBI single. Parkside's lone run came on a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth by Brad Lierman, who went 2-for-4. Dave Watson and Robert Bellish also went 2-for-4.

In the second game, the Rangers (4-31, 3-15 GLVC) had 10 hits, but were playing catch-up for most of the game because Quincy (16-17, 9-4) scored six runs in the top of the second inning and led 8-5 after two. Parkside scored twice in the bottom of the sixth on RBI singles by third baseman Kurt Wiegartz and designated hitter Andy Heller to make it 10-8, but could get no closer. Heller went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and second baseman James Dawson went 2-for-2 and scored three runs.

Men's golf

UW-PARKSIDE: The Rangers had a "frustrating and embarrassing" showing at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, Parkside coach Mark Olsen said, finishing eighth in the 12-team field.

Parkside, which was sixth after the first 36 holes Thursday, shot 306 Friday and totaled 922. Indianapolis won the tournament at 864, 20 strokes ahead of runner-up Northern Kentucky (884). Bellarmine was third at 897.

The top finisher for Parkside was Andy Hansen, who shot a final-round 78 for a three-round total of 13-over-par 229. Keith Buntrock, who had the low team round of the day (75), tied for 27th at 231. Bob Tierney (78) tied for 30th at 232, Mike Keller (76) tied for 33rd at 233 and Andrew Troyanek (77) tied for 38th at 234.

Justin Hueber of Indianapolis shot a final-round 68 and won the individual title at 7-under 209, seven shots ahead of runner-up Andrew Funk of Drury (216). The Greyhounds had three players in the top five.

CARTHAGE: The Red Men, behind a 3-under-par 69 by Tyler Wollberg, have a three-shot lead after the first round of the Augustana Invitational at Rock Island, Ill.

Carthage, which also got a 75 from Tim Gannon and 79s from Matt Carr and Bobby O'Neill, totaled 302 and is three shots ahead of Benedictine and St. Ambrose (305). The tournament concludes today.