Lincoln Railers baseball falls to Galesburg 5-3

[April 19, 2018] 

The Lincoln Railers baseball team hosted Galesburg on a chilly and windy Wednesday afternoon at Mike Curry Field.

Galesburg took a 1-0 lead over Lincoln in the second inning. The Railers tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning on an RBI single by Nate Arnold. A three-run fourth inning by Galesburg gave them the 4-1 lead. Lincoln managed to score two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Galesburg added an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning to take the game by a score of 5-3.

Dreyden Pozsgai started the game for Lincoln. He threw six and one-third innings, allowing five runs on 11 hits. Pozsgai struck out five batters.

Noah Funk pitched the final two-thirds of an inning in relief.

Lincoln got hits from Arnold, Funk, Pozsgai, Jack Eimer and Will Ewald.

Lincoln will travel to Fairbury on Friday to take on Prairie Central at 4:30 p.m. The Railers return home for a doubleheader on Saturday versus Effingham. Game times are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

[Teena Lowery]