Chargers Rally Late in Game 2, but Drop 2 on Road to Skyhawks
Aaron Frey
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 9:49 AM
Athletics
Dixon, IL
The Carl Sandburg College softball team forced extra innings in Game 2, but Sauk Valley pulled out a walk-off win to sweep the Chargers in an Arrowhead Conference doubleheader on Monday afternoon.
GAME 1
Sauk Valley 8, Sandburg 1
Sandburg 001 000 0 — 1 6 1
Sauk Valley 303 011 x — 8 7 2
L: Day 3 IP, 2 K, 2 BB
Key Moment
The Skyhawks got all the runs they’d need in the first inning on Jenna Johnson’s three-run home run.
Sandburg Standout
Emma Wolfe (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap) singled in all three of her at-bats and drove in the Chargers’ lone run of the game.
GAME 2
Sauk Valley 5, Sandburg 4 (8 innings)
Sandburg 000 120 10 — 4 9 3
Sauk Valley 002 002 01 — 5 5 4
L: Catton 7.2 IP, 5 K, 5 BB
Key Moment
Down to their last out in the seventh, the Chargers evened the game at 4 as Gracie Rademaker (Green Valley, Ill./Midwest Central) picked up an infield single to bring Kelsey Hobson (Bartonville, Ill./Limestone) in with the tying run. Sauk Valley, though, won the game in the bottom of the eighth on Jordan Thormeyer’s two-out RBI single.
Sandburg Standout
Maddi Benson (Spring Bay, Ill./Metamora) went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI for Sandburg.
Other Top Chargers
- Mackenzie Springsteen (Sperry, Iowa/Mediapolis) 3 for 3, run
- Chelsey Catton (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) CG, 3 earned runs, 5 hits, 5 strikeouts
UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
3 p.m. Monday at Illinois Valley
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