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The UIS baseball team dropped two close contests to UIndy on Saturday afternoon, 9-7 and 4-3, but will have a chance to secure a series split in Sunday’s finale. In game one, UIS stayed within striking distance throughout but couldn’t slow a steady UIndy offense in a 9-7 loss. The Prairie Stars struck first when Johnny Wendling singled and came around on Kaden Griffitts’ triple to left center, but Indianapolis answered immediately with a four-run bottom of the first — two of those unearned — to take control early. UIS chipped away in the third. Tommy Atkinson doubled to spark…