Mount Pulaski demolishes Tornadoes
12-2
[May 12, 2026]
It was another gorgeous day for baseball on Monday afternoon
when the Mount Pulaski Hilltoppers hosted the Tri-City Tornadoes.
The Hilltoppers jumped all over Tri-City’s pitching staff enroute to
a 12-2 win.
Senior Preston Cowan took the mound on his birthday for Mount
Pulaski. After a lead-off single, the Tornadoes scored a run after a
couple first inning errors by Mount Pulaski.
The Hilltoppers would even the score in the second inning after a
single by Chase Roberts and a double by Luke Martin. With two outs
Jaeden Jackson hit an RBI single to left to give Mount Pulaski a 2-1
lead. A couple walks later, Mount Pulaski added another run. Keoni
Charron made it 4-1 with a double to center.
Mount Pulaski plated five runs in the second inning. Aaron Volle
drew a bases loaded walk to score a run. Tyler Cross drove in two
runs on a single to right field. After a bases loaded walk to
Charron, Mount Pulaski was on top 8-1. Tucker Fitzpatrick hit a
sacrifice fly to eft to score Cross to make it a 9-1 ballgame.
Volle added an RBI single in the third inning to stretch the lead to
10-1. A sacrifice fly by Cross put the game out of reach with the
score 11-1 but the two teams had to keep playing until the fifth
inning due to the ten-runs/five innings rule.
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A couple more errors by Mount Pulaski gave the
Tornadoes a chance at another run in the top of the fifth inning.
Carter Clark had the only hit in the bottom of the fifth inning but
thanks to a walk and two hit batters, the Hilltoppers were able to
score a run and end the game early with the final score set at 12-2.
Mount Pulaski was led by Preston Cowan at the plate. He was 2-for-3
and he picked up the win by tossing the complete five innings. On
the mound he gave up four hits and zero earned runs. He struck out
four batters. Of the 72 pitches he threw, 53 were for strikes.
Chase Roberts, Luke Martin, Aaron Volle, Carter Clark, Jaeden
Jackson, Tyler Cross, Keoni Charron and Tucker Fitzpatrick each had
one hit.
Avery Huddleston was the losing pitcher.
Mount Pulaski (16-8) will play at Havana on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
Thursday’s home game versus El Paso-Gridley is also Senior Night for
the Hilltoppers.
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