Lincoln Railsplitters dominate Monticello 11-3 

[March 27, 2019] 

The Lincoln Railsplitters boys baseball team erased a 3-1 deficit to Monticello Tuesday afternoon at Mike Curry Field and ended up dominating the Sages 11-3. 

Lincoln was on the board in the first inning with an RBI single by Nate Arnold but it wouldn't take the Sages long to grab the lead off Lincoln starter Justin Long. Trailing 3-1 going into the bottom of the third, Lincoln tied the game after a recording a couple singles and taking advantage of a couple errors by Monticello. 

Lincoln took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. After two walks, Dylan Singleton took third on a wild pitch and then scored on a groundout by Noah Funk. Drew Singleton added an RBI single in the inning for the Railsplitters 5-3 lead. 

The fifth inning was a success for Lincoln after a walk to Brenden Eigenbrod and a single by Alex Bogdanic started things off on the base paths. Will Ewald's RBI single scored the courtesy runner, Jayden Pollice. Two more runs came across as Justin Long hit a line drive to left field. Lincoln's lead was 8-3 at the end of the fifth inning.

Lincoln's Nate Arnold owned the Sages as he pitched shutout ball in relief, striking out 8 batters and earning the 11-3 Railsplitters win.

Lincoln scored three more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. The big blow being the 2-run double by Eigenbrod. Lincoln's 11-3 lead was intact at the end of the game thanks to an exceptional pitching performance by Nate Arnold.

Noah Funk makes a great catch in foul territory versus Monticello. Lincoln escaped the inning without any further damage by the Sages.

Nate Arnold awaits Noah Funk's return to the dugout after Funk's great catch in foul territory.

Arnold earned the win and pitched in relief of starter Justin Long. Long pitched two and one-third innings. He allowed four hits, three runs and struck out two batters. Meanwhile, Arnold was in control on the mound, tossing four and two-thirds innings of shutout baseball. The Sages did not record a single hit off Arnold as he fanned eight batters. The Railsplitters defense did not commit a single error.

Lincoln will host Mahomet-Seymour Saturday for a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. at Mike Curry Field. 

[Teena Lowery]

Monticello

Lineup	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Asher Bradd	4	0	1	1	0	1
Brett Macak	3	0	0	0	1	0
Alex Bundy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brody Macak	3	1	0	0	0	3
Andrew Ellison	3	1	2	0	0	1
Collin Jones	2	1	1	1	1	0
Jared Lockmiller	2	0	0	0	0	2
Hunter Williams	1	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew Rudolph	1	0	0	0	2	0
Owen Trybom	1	0	0	1	1	0
Cooper Mitze	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cole Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	25	3	4	3	5	10

Batting2B: Asher Bradd 
TB: Andrew Ellison 2, Collin Jones, Asher Bradd 2 
RBI: Owen Trybom, Collin Jones, Asher Bradd 
FC: Owen Trybom, Brett Macak 
HBP: Brody Macak 
TotalsTeam QAB: 16 (51.61%) 
Alex Bundy 3, Hunter Williams, Brody Macak 3, Owen Trybom, Andrew Ellison, Brett Macak, Collin Jones 2, Asher Bradd 2, Andrew Rudolph 2 

Team LOB: 7FieldingE: Brody Macak 2, Andrew Ellison, Brett Macak 2 

Lincoln

Lineup	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Noah Funk	4	0	0	1	0	0
Drew Singleton	2	2	1	1	2	0
Nate Arnold	4	1	2	1	0	0
Colton Holliday	4	2	2	0	0	1
Brenden Eigenbrod	3	0	1	2	1	0
Alex Bogdanic	4	1	1	0	0	2
Will Ewald	4	1	1	1	0	2
Dylan Singleton	3	1	1	0	1	1
Justin Long	2	1	1	2	1	0
Jayden Pollice	0	2	0	0	0	0
Totals	30	11	10	8	5	6

Batting2B: Brenden Eigenbrod 
TB: Drew Singleton, Colton Holliday 2, Nate Arnold 2, Brenden Eigenbrod 2, Justin Long, Alex Bogdanic, Will Ewald, Dylan Singleton 
RBI: Noah Funk, Drew Singleton, Nate Arnold, Brenden Eigenbrod 2, Justin Long 2, Will Ewald 
ROE: Drew Singleton, Brenden Eigenbrod, Alex Bogdanic 
FC: Nate Arnold 
SB: Drew Singleton, Nate Arnold 2, Dylan Singleton 
TotalsTeam QAB: 17 (48.57%) 
Noah Funk, Drew Singleton 2, Colton Holliday 2, Nate Arnold, Brenden Eigenbrod 3, Justin Long 3, Alex Bogdanic, Will Ewald, Dylan Singleton 3 

Team LOB: 6

Monticello

Pitching	IP	#P	S%	H	R	ER	SO	BB	HR
Brett Macak	2.2	66	.561	4	3	1	2	1	0
Cooper Mitze	2.0	48	.542	3	5	4	3	3	0
Owen Trybom	1.1	33	.576	3	3	2	1	1	0
Totals	6.0	147	.558	10	11	7	6	5	0

PitchingL: Owen Trybom 
WP: Owen Trybom 2, Cooper Mitze 2 
Pitches-Strikes: Owen Trybom 33-19, Brett Macak 66-37, Cooper Mitze 48-26 
Groundouts-Flyouts: Owen Trybom 0-3, Brett Macak 1-4, Cooper Mitze 1-1 
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Owen Trybom 3-9, Brett Macak 5-13, Cooper Mitze 8-13 

Lincoln

Pitching	IP	#P	S%	H	R	ER	SO	BB	HR
Justin Long	2.1	64	.484	4	3	3	2	3	0
Nate Arnold	4.2	76	.618	0	0	0	8	2	0
Totals	7.0	140	.557	4	3	3	10	5	0

PitchingW: Nate Arnold 
HBP: Justin Long 
Pitches-Strikes: Nate Arnold 76-47, Justin Long 64-31 
Groundouts-Flyouts: Nate Arnold 0-5, Justin Long 0-4 
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Nate Arnold 8-16, Justin Long 9-15