Chargers Collect 24 Runs in Sweep of DuPage
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E | |
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College of DuPage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
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Carl Sandburg College | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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College of DuPage | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
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Carl Sandburg College | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | 11 | 14 | 4 |
GALESBURG — The Carl Sandburg College softball team erupted for 24 runs in sweeping a doubleheader against DuPage on Sunday afternoon at the Hungate Baseball/Softball Complex.
GAME 1
Sandburg 11, DuPage 5
DuPage 210 101 0 — 5 12 2
Sandburg 402 140 x — 11 14 4
W: Emma Wolfe 7 IP, 3 K, 1 BB
Key Moment
The Chargers put together a four-run rally in the first after the first two batters of the inning were retired. A walk and a base hit brought up Reagan Eaves (Nauvoo, Ill./Warsaw), who knocked a doubled to left to tie the game at 2-2. Maddi Benson (Spring Bay, Ill./Metamora) followed with a two-run home run to left to put Sandburg ahead 4-2, and the Chargers never trailed again.
Sandburg Standout
Eaves went 3 for 4 at the dish, drove in three and scored a run. She was one of four Chargers with a multi-hit effort.
Other Top Chargers
• Gabby Blanchard (South Pekin, Ill./Pekin): 2 for 3, run
• Natalie Righi (Pekin, Ill./Pekin): 1 for 3, walk, two runs, two RBIs
• Benson: 2 for 4, home run, two runs, two RBIs
• Riley Creasey (Macomb, Ill./Macomb): 3 for 4, two runs
• Emma Wolfe (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap): 1 for 4, home run
GAME 2
Sandburg 13, DuPage 5 (6 innings)
DuPage 000 212 — 5 7 4
Sandburg 115 006 — 13 16 2
W: Chelsey Catton 5 IP, 3 K, 2 BB
Key Moment
After five unanswered runs got the Chapparals within 7-5, Sandburg (6-11) scored six times in the sixth to put the game away. Blanchard hit an RBI double to left and later scored on a passed ball. Gracie Rademacker (Green Valley, Ill./Midwest Central) drove home two with a single, and Wolfe tripled to right to bring Rademacker home and end the game via the mercy rule.
Sandburg Standout
Wolfe went 4 for 5 with two doubles, a triple, two runs scored and a run driven in.
Other Top Chargers
• Righi: 3 for 4, two runs, RBI
• Blanchard: 2 for 3, double, walk, run, two RBIs
• Benson: 2 for 4, two runs
• Catton: 5 IP, 2 runs allowed, 3 strikeouts, 2 walks
UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
3 p.m. Monday vs. Iowa Wesleyan JV
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