 Trailing 6-5 going into the bottom of the seventh, Lincoln loaded
the bases with no one out. A ground ball and a short fly to left set
up the wild finish. With two outs, Dustin Eimer hit a hard grounder
to Rantoul's second baseman. The second baseman misplayed the ball
and the tying run scored. The runner from second, Andrew Sparks,
then sprinted home and his slide caused the ball to come loose from
the catcher and scored the winning run.
The game was played as a seven-inning game due to travel time for
Rantoul.
Lincoln's next game has been changed from a home date to an away
date today (Thursday) at Jacksonville.
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Score by innings; R H E
Rantoul 000 222 0 -- 6 5 3
Lincoln 000 140 2 -- 7 9 10
Winning pitcher: Tom Hilton
Hitting for Lincoln: Jared Daugherty 2, Mitch Adolphson 2
[Text from file received from Jon
Garlits] |
