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Lincoln Railsplitters claim Regional Championship over Morton
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 [May 28, 2019]
The Lincoln Railsplitters defeated the Morton Potters on Saturday by
a final score of 6-4 to win the Class 3A Regional Championship in
Morton.
The visiting Railsplitters scored early with a run in the first
inning on an RBI double by Nate Arnold. The Potters came back to
score two runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 2-1 lead.
Lincoln tied the game 2-2 in the second inning on a steal of home by
Trent Koehler.
Lincoln's offense plated three runs in the top of the third inning,
with a two-run double by Colton Holliday being the highlight of the
inning. Keagan Ferguson added a sac fly to score a run in the inning
and Lincoln was up 5-3 at this point.
The Railsplitters added an insurance run in the top of the seventh
inning and took the championship by a final score of 6-4.
The Lincoln Railsplitters grab the 6-4 win and the
Class 3A Regional Championship plaque over Morton.
Noah Funk was the winning pitcher for Lincoln. Funk tossed five
innings and allowed four runs on eight hits. He struck out six
batters.
Colton Holliday earned the save by tossing two innings in relief for
the Railsplitters. Holliday struck out four batters and allowed just
one hit.
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Lincoln Railsplitters coach August Casson was proud of his team's
performance against Morton. "We played a very good ballgame from
start to finish," said Casson. "Our plan was to start Noah Funk and
have Noah keep us in the game as long as he could. He did a great
job mixing speeds up and keeping their hitters off balance. He threw
five good innings, and our defense did a great job.
"Will Ewald made an excellent play on a line drive over his head and
doubled up a Morton base runner. To me this was a game changer.
"Once we got the lead we brought in Holliday and he pretty much
sealed the deal for us, striking out four batters in two innings."
"Overall a well-played game," continued Casson.
"Our guys have started to buy into what we want to accomplish and
are playing as a cohesive team. It is fun to watch."
Nate Arnold and Justin Long each had two hits to lead the Lincoln
offense over Morton.
Cade Coon took the loss for Morton.
Lincoln (21-14) will play Dunlap Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. in the
Morton Sectional.
Congratulations and GO RAILERS!
[Teena Lowery with photos by Leslie
Singleton] |
Lincoln
Batting2B: Colton
Holliday, Nate Arnold
TB: Drew
Singleton, Colton Holliday 2,
Nate Arnold 3,
Brenden Eigenbrod, Justin Long 2,
Will Ewald
RBI: Colton
Holliday, Nate Arnold, Brenden Eigenbrod, Keagan Ferguson
SF: Keagan
Ferguson
ROE: Colton
Holliday, Nate Arnold, Dylan Singleton, Keagan Ferguson
FC: Drew
Singleton
HBP: Noah
Funk
SB: Trent
Koehler
TotalsTeam
QAB: 6 (17.65%)
Colton Holliday, Nate Arnold 2,
Brenden Eigenbrod, Will Ewald, Keagan Ferguson
Team
LOB: 7FieldingE: Noah
Funk
DP: Drew
Singleton, Will Ewald
Morton
Batting2B: Bryce
Brown, Jack Brennan
HR: Isaiah
Gudeman
TB: Bryce
Brown 3,
Ashton Holcomb, Jack Brennan 2,
Isaiah Gudeman 6,
Braden Brown, Nick Guerra
RBI: Bryce
Brown 2,
Isaiah Gudeman 2
ROE: Braden
Brown
SB: Braden
Brown 2
TotalsTeam
QAB: 17 (51.52%)
Riggs Wilkinson 3,
Bryce Brown 3,
Parker Kuhn, Ashton Holcomb 2,
Jack Brennan, Isaiah Gudeman, Braden Brown, Nick Guerra 4,
Brooks Wilkinson
Team
LOB: 8FieldingE: Bryce
Brown, Parker Kuhn 2,
Isaiah Gudeman, Braden Brown
DP: Riggs
Wilkinson, Nick Guerra
Lincoln
|
Pitching |
IP |
#P |
S% |
H |
R |
ER |
SO |
BB |
HR |
|
Noah Funk |
5.0 |
90 |
.644 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
|
Colton Holliday |
2.0 |
43 |
.674 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Totals |
7.0 |
133 |
.654 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
PitchingW: Noah
Funk
SV: Colton
Holliday
Pitches-Strikes: Noah Funk 90-58,
Colton Holliday 43-29
Groundouts-Flyouts: Noah Funk 1-7,
Colton Holliday 0-2
First
pitch strikes-Batters faced: Noah Funk 17-26,
Colton Holliday 5-7
Morton
|
Pitching |
IP |
#P |
S% |
H |
R |
ER |
SO |
BB |
HR |
|
Cade Coon |
5.0 |
68 |
.647 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Drew Kruzick |
2.0 |
35 |
.543 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Totals |
7.0 |
103 |
.612 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
PitchingL: Cade
Coon
HBP: Cade
Coon
WP: Drew
Kruzick 2,
Cade Coon 2
Pitches-Strikes: Drew Kruzick 35-19,
Cade Coon 68-44
Groundouts-Flyouts: Drew Kruzick 2-3,
Cade Coon 6-7
First
pitch strikes-Batters faced: Drew Kruzick 4-10,
Cade Coon 13-24 |
