LENA, Ill. — The South Beloit baseball team looked ready to play the part of spoiler againstLena-Winslow after it took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning inWednesday’s IHSA 1A regional semifinal.
But the Panthers showed why they’re seeded No. 2 and they responded with two runs in the bottom half and later poured on 13 runs in the fourth to knock the No. 10 SoBos out of the postseason with a 16-1 victory in four innings.
Richard Carlson hit a one-out double in the first and Jonah Martinez followed him up by lacing an RBI double into right field. But those two hits were all South Beloit (6-15) could muster as Luke Madigan and Maverick Cass combined for four innings with seven strikeouts.
Lena-Winslow (17-6) outhit the SoBos 9-2 and took advantage of five errors. Miles Mahon smacked both a two-run double and three-run triple in the fourth as he finished 2-for-4 with five RBI.
• HONONEGAH 14, GUILFORD 3: The Indians racked up 16 hits and drew seven walks against the NIC-10 foe Vikings. Visiting Hononegah went ahead 2-0 in the top of the first and plated four runs in both the second and fifth inning. A three-run sixth inning helped the game end early via the mercy rule.
Evan Sayles went 4-for-5 with a pair of one-run singles and a one-run double. Drake Broege drove in two runs and went 3-for-3 with two doubles while Austin Dresser had three hits, including a two-run double in the fifth, and scored three runs.
Nolan Mabie started and didn’t allow a hit or earned run while walking six and striking out four in four innings.
• EAST TROY 4, BELOIT TURNER 3: A bases-loaded walk by Noah Pfundheller in the seventh wasn’t enough as a strikeout ended the Trojans’ rally in RVC crossover play on Wednesday.
Trailing 4-2, Bryaden Ward reached on an error and, one out later, Zack Ries drew a walk and Fernando Tillery was hit by a pitch to load the bases. But Turner couldn’t complete the comeback.
Turner (11-7, 9-5 RVC Rock) had three hits, with Tillery smacking a double, but drew eight walks. Ethan Halon started and allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits while striking out a pair in 1 2-3 innings. Carston Jacobson tossed 4 1-3 frames and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits with two strikeouts.
Visiting East Troy (9-9, 6-7 RVC Valley) scored single runs in the first, second, fourth and sixth while the Trojans had a two-run fourth.
• TURNER 1, BRODHEAD/Juda 0: An extra-inning thriller at ABC Supply Stadium saw Jayden Piccione give the Trojans a win with his walk-off single in the eighth Wednesday night in RVC Rock action.
Andy Buckley singled to begin the bottom of the eighth and Halon moved him over with a sac bunt. Pfundheller was intentionally walked and Jayden Mosley reached on an error to load the bases before Piccione laid down the game-winning bunt single.
Buckley threw 6 1-3 scoreless innings for Turner as he worked around five hits and three walks while striking out four. Mosley earned the win as he threw the final 1 2-3 innings and didn’t allow a baserunner. Piccione finished with three hits while Pfundheller had a double.
David Masloske and Gabe Bockhop both doubled as Brodhead/Juda (10-9, 8-4) racked up five hits. Evan Senobe threw six clean innings as he allowed four hits while striking out eight.
• LINESCORES:
LENA-WINSLOW 16, SOUTH BELOIT 1 (4)
SB 100 0 — 1 2 5
LW 210 (13) — 16 9 1
Leading hitters: SB, Carlson 1x1, 1 Run; Martinez 1x2, 1 RBI. LW, Mahon 2x4, 2 Runs, 5 RBI; Wild 2x4, 1 Run, 2 RBI; Cass 2x3, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Weegens 0x2, 1 Run, 2 RBI.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): SB, Sanders 3.1-5-9-6-6-2, Martinez 0.0-4-7-0-0-0. LW, Madigan 2.0-2-1-1-0-4, Cass 2.0-0-0-0-1-3.
EAST TROY 4, TURNER 3
BT 000 200 1 — 3 3 1
ET 110 101 — 4 7 2
Leading hitters: BT, Berg 1x4; Tillery 1x3, 1 Run; Pfundheller 1x2, 1 RBI; Ward 0x4, 1 Run. ET, Bayley 2x3, 2 Runs; J. Pluess 1x4, 2 RBI,
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): BT, Halon (L) 1.2-3-2-1-3-2, Jacobson 4.1-4-2-1-1-2. ET, Lingford (W) 5.0-2-2-2-4-7, Bayley 2.0-1-1-0-4-2.
TURNER 1, BROD./JUDA 0 (8)
B/J 000 000 00 — 0 5 1
BT 000 000 01 — 1 6 0
Leading hitters: B/J, Masloske 1x3; R. Searls 1x3; Pinnow 1x3; Foster 1x2; Bockhop 1x4. BT; Piccione 3x4, 1 RBI; Pfundheller 1x2; Halon 1x3; Buckley 1x4, 1 Run.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): B/J, Senobe 6.0-4-0-0-3-8, Elliott (L) 1.1-2-1-0-1-1. BT, Buckley 6.1-5-0-0-3-4, Mosley (W) 1.2-0-0-0-0-1.
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