Railsplitters defeat Southeast 7-3

[April 15, 2019] 

The Lincoln boys traveled to Springfield Friday to play the Southeast Spartans on the diamond and thanks to an early offensive explosion by the team and a stellar pitching performance from Colton Holliday, the Railsplitters won 7-3. 

Lead-off hitter Noah Funk wasted no time igniting the Railsplitters offense. Funk started the game with a double to left field. With one out, Funk came around to score on an RBI single by Nate Arnold. With two outs, Brenden Eigenbrod doubled home Arnold. Alex Bogdanic followed that up with an RBI single to score courtesy runner  Jayden  Pollice.  Lincoln jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Colton Holliday even took the mound. 

In the bottom of the first inning, Holliday struck out three batters and issued one walk, a good start for the senior. Lincoln put up three more runs in the top of the second inning in support of Holliday. 

Dreyden Pozsgai singled to get things started in the second inning. Will Ewald laid down a sacrifice bunt and reached on an error by the third baseman. Pozsgai came around to score on the play. Funk came up to bat and this time he crushed a double to right field to score Ewald. With the bases loaded later in the inning, Eigenbrod drew a walk to score another Lincoln run.

The Railsplitters were on top 6-0.  Holliday worked quickly in the bottom of the second inning, recording two more strikeouts and even though he hit a batter, Lincoln was able to catch the baserunner stealing and no further damage was done.

The Railsplitters added their final run of the game in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Pozsgai to score Drew Singleton. Lincoln wins by a final of 7-3 over the Spartans.

Lincoln pounded out eleven hits versus Southeast pitching. Pozsgai was 3-for-4 for the Railsplitters at the plate. 

Holliday earned the win for Lincoln. He worked five and a third innings, giving up two runs on two hits. He struck out 11 Spartans. 

Carter Spaulding got the loss for Southeast. He worked two innings and gave up six runs on six hits. 

[Teena Lowery]

Lincoln

Lineup	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Noah Funk	4	2	2	1	0	1
Drew Singleton	3	0	0	0	0	1
Nate Arnold	3	1	2	1	1	0
Colton Holliday	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brenden Eigenbrod	3	0	1	2	1	0
Alex Bogdanic	3	0	1	1	1	1
Dylan Singleton	3	1	1	0	1	0
Dreyden Pozsgai	4	1	3	1	0	0
Will Ewald	2	1	1	1	1	0
Jayden Pollice	0	1	0	0	0	0
Justin Long	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peyton Rickord	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	29	7	12	7	5	4

Batting2B: Noah Funk 2, Brenden Eigenbrod, Dylan Singleton 
TB: Noah Funk 4, Colton Holliday, Nate Arnold 2, Brenden Eigenbrod 2, Dreyden Pozsgai 3, Alex Bogdanic, Will Ewald, Dylan Singleton 2 
RBI: Noah Funk, Nate Arnold, Brenden Eigenbrod 2, Dreyden Pozsgai, Alex Bogdanic, Will Ewald 
SAC: Drew Singleton, Will Ewald 
ROE: Will Ewald 
FC: Colton Holliday, Will Ewald 
SB: Drew Singleton, Colton Holliday, Nate Arnold 2, Brenden Eigenbrod, Will Ewald, Dylan Singleton 
CS: Drew Singleton, Will Ewald, Dylan Singleton 
TotalsTeam QAB: 22 (61.11%) 
Noah Funk 2, Drew Singleton 2, Colton Holliday 3, Nate Arnold, Brenden Eigenbrod 2, Dreyden Pozsgai 3, Alex Bogdanic 2, Will Ewald 4, Dylan Singleton 3 

Team LOB: 8FieldingE: Noah Funk, Drew Singleton, Nate Arnold 
DP: Drew Singleton, Dreyden Pozsgai 

Springfield Southeast

Lineup	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jordan Jones	4	0	0	0	0	2
Wyatt Shepard	3	0	0	0	1	1
Eddie Saner	2	1	0	0	2	1
Thomas Crain	3	0	0	0	1	3
Jarrett Rutledge	3	0	0	0	1	3
Isiah Sexton	3	0	1	1	0	1
Carter Spaulding	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mason Katterhenry	1	0	0	0	2	1
Dalton Bringle	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Guy	2	1	1	0	1	0
Luke Read	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	23	3	2	1	8	14

Batting3B: Bobby Guy 
TB: Bobby Guy 3, Isiah Sexton 
RBI: Isiah Sexton 
ROE: Bobby Guy, Wyatt Shepard 
FC: Jordan Jones 2 
HBP: Carter Spaulding 
GIDP: Wyatt Shepard 
SB: Eddie Saner, Isiah Sexton 
CS: Luke Read 
TotalsTeam QAB: 13 (40.62%) 
Thomas Crain 2, Bobby Guy 2, Jordan Jones, Mason Katterhenry 2, Jarrett Rutledge, Eddie Saner 2, Isiah Sexton, Wyatt Shepard 2 

Team LOB: 8FieldingE: Thomas Crain, Eddie Saner, Carter Spaulding 
 

Lincoln

Pitching	IP	#P	S%	H	R	ER	SO	BB	HR
Colton Holliday	5.1	109	.596	2	2	1	11	5	0
Peyton Rickord	1.0	21	.476	0	1	0	1	2	0
Noah Funk	0.2	13	.538	0	0	0	2	1	0
Justin Long	0.0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	7.0	143	.573	2	3	1	14	8	0

PitchingW: Colton Holliday 
HBP: Colton Holliday 
WP: Colton Holliday 
Pitches-Strikes: Noah Funk 13-7, Colton Holliday 109-65, Justin Long 0-0, Peyton Rickord 21-10 
Groundouts-Flyouts: Noah Funk 0-0, Colton Holliday 1-1, Justin Long 0-0, Peyton Rickord 0-1 
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Noah Funk 1-3, Colton Holliday 16-23, Justin Long 0-0, Peyton Rickord 4-6 

Springfield Southeast

Pitching	IP	#P	S%	H	R	ER	SO	BB	HR
Carter Spaulding	2.0	68	.544	6	6	5	1	3	0
Wyatt Shepard	5.0	67	.657	5	1	1	3	2	0
Totals	7.0	135	.600	11	7	6	4	5	0

PitchingL: Carter Spaulding 
WP: Wyatt Shepard, Carter Spaulding 
Pitches-Strikes: Wyatt Shepard 67-44, Carter Spaulding 68-37 
Groundouts-Flyouts: Wyatt Shepard 3-5, Carter Spaulding 4-1 
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Wyatt Shepard 11-20, Carter Spaulding 10-16