Womack Drives in 3, but Chargers' Season Ends in Region IV Sectional
Aaron Frey
Sunday, May 12, 2019 4:14 PM
Athletics
Galesburg, IL
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team got out to an early lead, but Black Hawk scored six unanswered runs in the final five innings to defeat the Chargers 6-4 in the decisive Game 3 of their Region IV sectional series on Sunday afternoon.
The No. 4-seeded Chargers, who swept the regular-season series with the fifth-seeded Braves en route to their second straight Arrowhead Conference title, end their season with a 27-13-1 record.
Black Hawk advances to next weekend’s Region IV tournament final at Madison (Wis.).
Black Hawk 6, Sandburg 4
Black Hawk 000 013 200 — 6 10 0
Sandburg 202 000 000 — 4 8 1
W: Daniels 2 IP, 1 K, 1 BB
L: Orman 6.2 IP, 6 K, 1 BB
SV: Dominik 1 IP, 4 K, 0 BB
Key Moments
- The Chargers scored twice in the first and third innings to jump to a 4-0 lead. Tyler Womack (Moline, Ill./Moline) singled home a pair of runs to open the scoring, and he added an RBI double to right in the third. Devon Ballard (Fulton, Ill./Fulton) brought Womack home with a base hit to right in the next at-bat to put Sandburg up 4-0.
- After the Braves got on the board in the fifth, they tied it with three in the sixth on a sacrifice fly and a two-run single to left.
- Nick Acri’s two-out, two-run homer to left in the seventh gave Black Hawk its first lead of the game.
- Sandburg put runners on first and second with two away in the bottom of the seventh, but Ballard flied out to deep center to end the threat.
- The Chargers got new life in the ninth when Jordan Chandler (Erie, Ill./Erie) reached on a dropped third strike that would’ve been the final out, but Cacey O’Brien (Moline, Ill./Moline) struck out one batter later to end the contest.
Sandburg Standout
Womack was the only Charger with multiple hits, going 2 for 3 with a double, walk, run and three RBIs.