A solo blast to left field off the bat of Clinton's Gavin Wesling proved to be the most important hit of the game as the Cougars beat Evansville in a Rock Valley Conference Rock Division pitching duel.
Logan Thill earned the win for hosting Clinton (5-4, 2-3) as he pitched a stellar 6 2/3 innings while allowing just two hits and a walk while striking out nine. Wesling came in and got the final out via strikeout.
Wesling added a single as did Bryce Phillips and Tyler Moe against the Blue Devils (3-7, 2-3) pitcher Wyatt Nelson, who allowed just four hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
CLINTON 1, EVANSVILLE 0
Evansville;000;000;0;—;0;2;3
Clinton;000;100;—;1;4;0
Leading hitters — Wesling (C) 2x3. 2B — Nelson (E). HR — Wesling (C).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) — E: Nelson L, 6-4-1-1-1-3. C: Thill W, 6 2/3-2-0-0-1-9, Wesling S, 1/3-0-0-0-0-1.
Brodhead/Juda 8, Edgerton 5 — The Cardinals jumped on the visiting Crimson Tide early on, scoring four times in the first and adding a run in the second for a 5-0 lead. Edgerton picked up two runs in the third, but Brodhead/Juda (5-4) added three more in the fourth to offset the three the visitors plated in the sixth.
Edgerton outhit Brodhead/Juda 7-6, but walked six Cardinals and committed four errors.
Gabe Bockhop was the lone Cardinal batter with multiple hits. He was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Clayton Elliott was 1-for-1 with two walks, two runs scored and two RBI.
Brodhead/Juda starter Evan Senobe went 5 2/3 innings, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned) with six strikeouts and picked up the win. Parker Vanderpahl pitched the final 1 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and one run.
BROD./JUDA 8, EDGERTON 5
Edgerton;002;003;0;—;5;7;4
Brodhead/Juda;410;300;X;—;8;6;4
Leading hitters: Fox (E) 2x4, Bockhop (BJ) 2x4, 2B — Fox (E) Towns (E).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) — E: Kittleson L, 1-2-4-2-4-0; Kurt 5-4-4-1-2-2. BJ: Senobe 5 2/3-5-4-3-3-6; Vanderpahl 1 1/3-2-1-1-0-1.
Beloit Turner 16, Walworth Big Foot 1 (5 innings) — The Trojans poured on nine runs in the fourth and seven in the fifth as they rolled the hosting Chiefs with a big five-inning RVC Rock win Thursday.
Noah Pfundheller blasted a two-run homer and Brayden Ward smacked a two-run single in the offensive frenzy in the fourth. Carston Jacob’s two-run single highlighted the big fifth.
Turner (6-4, 4-2) recorded nine hits and drew eight walks in the win. Zack Ries and Pfundheller each had two hits while Cesar Alfaro earned the win after allowing just three hits and an earned run with six strikeouts in four innings.
Connor Weeks, Brady Wojcik and Josh Martinez all hit singles for the Chiefs (4-7, 2-6).
BELOIT TURNER 16, BIG FOOT 1 (5)
Turner;000;97;—;16;9;0
Big Foot;000;10;—;1;3;2
Leading hitters — BT, Ries (BT) 2x3, Pfundheller (BT) 2x3. 2B — Ries (BT). HR: Pfundheller (BT).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) — BT: Alfaro W, 4-3-1-1-2-6, Jacobson 1-0-0-0-0-2. BF: Haeberlin L, 4-7-9-5-4-2, Glos 1/3-0-6-2-3-0, Martinez 2/3-2-1-1-1-0.
Palmyra-Eagle 14, Orfordville Parkview 1 (5 innings) — The Panthers poured on eight runs in the third inning to roll the hosting Vikings in Trailways South action on Thursday.
Palmyra-Eagle (9-2, 6-1) also scored three runs in the first and fourth as it finished with 15 hits in the five-inning contest.
Parkview (0-11, 0-9) got two hits from Christrian Hobon and Corbin Williams hit an RBI single in the fourth.
Hobon allowed 10 hits and 11 runs (nine earned) in three innings for the Vikings while striking out five.
PALMYRA-EAGLE 14, ORFORDVILLE PARKVIEW 1 (5)
P-Eagle;308;30;—;14;15;0
Parkview;000;10;—;1;3;4
Leading hitters — Patrick (PE) 3x4, Tiller (PE) 2x3, Millis (PE) 2x3, Schneider (PE) 3x4, Moss (PE) 2x4, Hobon (OP) 2x2. 2B — Patrick (PE) 3, Moss (PE) 2, Tiller (PE).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) — PE: Moss W, 3-1-0-0-0-6; Walsh 2-2-1-1-1-5. OP: Hobon L, 3-10-11-9-3-5; Hackett 2-5-3-3-0-0.
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