NORMAL, Ill.—Down 6-3 heading into the fourth inning, the Hononegah baseball team was in danger of snapping its six-game winning streak.
All the Indians had to do to secure their seventh-straight victory was take what Normal West gave to them.
Hononegah took advantage of seven errors by the Wildcats, drew six walks and had four players hit by pitches to help earn an 11-7 win on Saturday despite being outhit 10-8.
The Indians (14-5) went up 2-0 in the first after drawing a pair of walks before an RBI double from Drake Broege and a run-scoring groundout from Jakob DeLeo. Normal (13-10) answered with two runs in the bottom of the first and scored four in the second but Hononegah got a run back on a fielder’s choice by Broege.
The five-run fourth was started by a walk from Logan Edward, who moved to third on Christian Nelson’s double and scored on a wild pitch. Nelson then scored on an error by the second baseman and Nicholas Santis later brought home a runner on a sacrifice fly.
Austin Dresser scored on a two-out error in the same frame and DeLeo smacked a one-run single to cap the big frame. Dresser added an RBI single in the fifth and two more runs came across on a Normal error.
Dresser and Santis each had two hits. Ian Blankenship and DeLeo were strong out of the bullpen with Blankenship going 4 1-3 innings while allowing just one run on four hits while DeLeo threw a one-hit seventh with two strikeouts.
• STOUGHTON 12, BELOIT MEMORIAL 4: The Purple Knights racked up 13 hits but committed four errors and left 16 runners on base as they fell to Vikings in non-conference action on Saturday.
Max Allen had an RBI single in the second and fifth, Dustin Foss smacked a one-run single in the third and Tayvon Cates whacked an RBI double in the fifth for visiting Beloit (1-7). But, Stoughton (4-7) scored four runs in the first, second and fourth innings as it recorded 14 hits.
Allen and Foss each had a game-high three hits while Michael Nora had two. Mitch Stuessy went 1 1-3 innings and allowed eight runs (seven earned) on eight hits. Nora came in and allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and four walks with four strikeouts before Owen West threw the final two frames and allowed just a hit and walk while striking out four.
• SOFTBALL: PARKVIEW 15, FALL RIVER 8: Senior Natalie Abey had a perfect day from the plate as she went 4-for-4 with a walk and a whopping six RBI as the Vikings won a slugfest over the Pirates in Trailways South Conference play on Saturday.
Abey had a two-run single in both the first and third and a one-run single in the fourth and the sixth. Hosting Parkview (4-6, 4-5) scored five runs in the first, three in the third and five in the fourth as it racked up 17 hits and stole 14 total bases.
Abby Anderson went 2-for-4 with three runs and five stolen bases. Jazmyn Wiedmer, Joey Meyers and McKenna Phillips each had three hits for the Vikings, who also drew nine walks off the Fall River (1-9, 1-9) pitching staff.
Abby Farnsworth allowed 12 hits, eight earned runs, five walks and six strikeouts in the complete-game performance.
• LINESCORE:
PARKVIEW 15, FALL RIVER 8
FR 030 401 0 — 8 12 0
Park 503 502 — 15 17 0
Leading hitters: FR, Jackson 3x4, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Fietz 1x4, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Bukoski 2x3, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Fietz 2x4. Park, Wiedmer 3x5, 3 Runs, 1 RBI; Anderson 2x4, 3 Runs, 1 RBI; Meyers 3x3, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; Abey 4x4, 1 Run, 6 RBI; Farnsworth 2x5, 2 Runs, 2 RBI; Phillips 3x4, 2 Runs. 2B: Schlacter, Jackson, Bukoski, Grebel, Farnsworth, Meyers. 3B: Fietz.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): FR, Jackson 3.1-14-13-13-7-1, Bartz 2.2-3-2-2-2-4. Park, Farnsworth 7.0-12-8-8-5-6.
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