Chargers’ Bats Quieted by Madison in Home Opener

  Aaron Frey
  Saturday, March 13, 2021 7:12 PM
  Athletics

Galesburg, IL

Madison kept the Carl Sandburg College baseball team’s bats quiet Saturday afternoon, holding the Chargers to just one run on eight hits to sweep Sandburg 5-0 and 5-1 in its home opener at the William “Bill” Hungate Baseball/Softball Complex. 

GAME 1
Madison 5, Sandburg 0
Madison          300      100      1          —        5          6          1
Sandburg         000      000      0          —        0          6          4
W: Hansel 6 IP, 4 K, 0 BB
L: Mann 6 IP 7 K, 3 BB

Key Moment
The Wolfpack struck early,  getting back-to-back singles in the first inning before a three-run homer to left field by cleanup man Zach Storbakken.

Sandburg Standout
Righthander Turner Mann (Metamora, Ill./Metamora) settled in after the first, allowing just one run on two hits over his final five innings of work. Mann finished with seven strikeouts and walked three.

GAME 2
Madison 5, Sandburg 1
Madison          012      020      0          —        5          9          0
Sandburg         000      100      0          —        1          2          3
W: Wilde 3.2 IP, 4 K, 1 BB
L: Israel 4 IP, 6 K, 2 BB

Key Moment
Trailing 3-0 in the fourth, the Chargers (0-8) put runners on second and third with one out behind a pair of walks and a wild pitch. A Hunter Darst (Avon, Ill./Abingdon-Avon) groundout got Sandburg on the board, but Austin Collinson (Normal, Ill./Normal West) flied to right to end the inning.

Sandburg Standout
Leadoff man Ashton Johnson (Brimfield, Ill./Brimfield) reached base in all three of his plate appearances, notching a pair of singles and getting hit by a pitch.

UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
Noon Tuesday at Southwestern Illinois 

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