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Baseball & Softball Review
Keaton Loewen was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored for the Eagles in the opener, with Nick Walker 2-for-3 with an RBI and Bryce Zupan 2-for-3 with a run scored to highlight CM's offense; Southwestern's Brock Seymour was 1-for-3 with an RBI and run scored in the game. Geoff Withers went the distance in getting the win, fanning 13 and conceding an earned run on five hits, while Seymour took the loss, striking out four.
CM scored once each in the first and fourth in the nightcap, giving up a run in the top of the seventh but holding off Piasa. Caden Clark was 2-for-3 with two runs scored for the Eagles, with Spencer Powell was 1-for-3 with a RBI and Withers 1-for-2 with a RBI. Southwestern's Dalson Cummings went 1-for-3 with the only Piasa Bird run scored, while Jack Little was 2-for-4 with a double and Kyler Seyfried was 2-for-3 with two doubles and Seymour 2-for-3 with a double.
Christian Stawar struck out five in getting the win while Eddie Bolin took the loss, dismissing three by strikeout.
SOFTBALL
PIASA - PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 5, JERSEY 4; PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 2, ROCK FALLS 1; ROCK FALLS 10, JERSEY 0 (6 INNINGS): Southwestern was 1-1 on the day in a three-team cluster Friday in Piasa, the Birds defeating Jersey 5-4 and Rock Falls 2-1, while the Panthers went 0-2 in the cluster, with Rock Falls downing Jersey 10-0 in six innings.
Bri Roloff went 4-for-4 with two runs scored for Piasa, with Molly Novack 1-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs, Sydney Baumgartner 1-for-2 with a double, RBI and run scored and Bailee Nixon 1-for-3 with an RBI in the game; Lauren Brown was 3-for-4 with a double, RBI and run scored for JCHS, with Erika Storey 2-for-3 with a double and Lauren Rexing 3-for-4 with two triples, three RBIs and a run scored.
Baumgartner got the win, striking out four, while Claire Anderson took the loss, striking out four. Against Rock Falls, Southwestern scored once each in the first and fifth innings for the win; Megan Bailey was 1-for-2 with a double and RBI while Novack was 1-for-2 with a double and both Piasa Bird runs scored and Hailey Edwards was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Nixon fanned four in getting the win. Jersey could only manage two hits against Rock Falls, Lauren Brown and Grace Sharich each getting hits (Sarich a double).
Storey took the loss for JCHS, striking out two.