Chargers Split Pair of 1-Run Games at Highland; Open Region Tourney Tuesday
Aaron Frey
Monday, May 10, 2021 9:03 AM
Athletics
Freeport, IL
The Carl Sandburg College softball team wrapped up its regular season schedule by splitting a pair of one-run games in an Arrowhead Conference doubleheader at Highland on Friday.
GAME 1
Sandburg 6, Highland 5
Sandburg 400 110 0 — 6 10 1
Highland 000 410 0 — 5 10 1
W: Day 5 IP, 1 K, 3 BB
Key Moment
The Chargers opened up an early lead, using five hits to score four runs in the first inning. Kelsey Hobson (Bartonville, Ill./Limestone) doubled to lead off the game. Rylee Krebsbach (Aledo, Ill./Sherrard) followed with an RBI single, Kayla Wolf (Chillicothe, Ill./Illinois Valley Central) added a run-scoring single, and Julia Vosburgh (Woodstock, Ill./Woodstock) made it 4-0 with a two-run base hit to center.
Sandburg Standout
Vosburgh drove in half of the Chargers’ six runs in the contest. In addition to her two-run single in the first, she added an RBI groundout in the fifth to give Sandburg a 6-4 lead.
Other Top Chargers
- Hobson 2 for 4, double, two runs
- Krebsbach 2 for 4, triple, two RBIs
- Gracie Rademaker (Green Valley, Ill./Midwest Central) 2 for 4
GAME 2
Sandburg 6, Highland 5
Sandburg 102 000 0 — 3 8 0
Highland 000 202 x — 4 7 2
L: Wolfe 6 IP, 2 K, 1 BB
Key Moment
Sandburg led 3-0 after the third, but the Cougars clawed back with a pair of runs in the fourth and two more in the sixth to grab the lead. Riley Kleckler’s one-out single in the sixth drove in the game-winning run.
Sandburg Standout
Maddi Benson (Spring Bay, Ill./Metamora) collected three hits in four at-bats and drove in a run with her single in the first to give the Chargers a 1-0 lead.
Other Top Chargers
- Hobson 2 for 4, run
UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
The Chargers will open the Region IV tournament with a first-round series at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Morton. All three games of the best-of-three series will take place Monday afternoon. The winner advances to the Region IV semifinal round hosted by Highland on Saturday. The championship will take place Sunday at Highland.
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