Chargers’ Streak Reaches 6 With Blowout Wins Over Kishwaukee

GALESBURG — The Carl Sandburg College softball team continued its hot streak Tuesday with a pair of blowout wins over Kishwaukee at the Hungate Baseball/Softball Complex.

The Chargers (10-11 overall, 4-3 Arrowhead Conference) have won six straight games and outscored their opponents 88-26 during that stretch. Sandburg has put up at least 11 runs in all six games of the streak.

GAME 1
Sandburg 15, Kishwaukee 3 (5 innings)
Kishwaukee     102      00        —        3          6          6
Sandburg         043      8x        —        15        13        3
W: Wolfe 5 IP, 8 K, 2 BB 

Key Moment
Leading 4-3 in the bottom of the third, the Chargers gave themselves some breathing room with a three-run inning that started with back-to-back singles from Gabby Blanchard (South Pekin, Ill./Pekin) and Maddi Benson (Spring Bay, Ill./Metamora). Blanchard scored on a passed ball, and Benson came home on an RBI double by Riley Creasey (Macomb, Ill./Macomb). Creasey later scored on a fielder's choice to make it a 7-3 Chargers lead.

Sandburg Standout
Reagan Eaves (Nauvoo, Ill./Warsaw) was one of six Chargers with a pair of hits in the contest, going 2 for 3 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and four RBIs. Her two-run shot in the second got Sandburg on the board and was her first home run this season. 

Other Top Chargers
• Emma Wolfe (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap): 2 for 4, triple, two runs, two RBIs
• Blanchard: 2 for 4, two runs
• Benson: 2 for 3, double, two runs, two RBIs
• Creasey: 2 for 3, two doubles, three runs, RBI
• Kayla Wolf (Chillicothe, Ill./Illinois Valley Central): 2 for 3, run

GAME 2
Sandburg 17, Kishwaukee 1 (5 innings)
Kishwaukee     000      01        —        1          2          2
Sandburg         00(12) 5x        —        17        19        1
W: Chelsey Catton 5 IP, 5 K, 3 BB

Key Moment
The Chargers sent 16 batters to the plate and scored a dozen times in the third inning. Sandburg finished the frame with seven singles, two doubles, two triples and two walks.

Sandburg Standout
Chelsey Catton (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) took a no-hitter into the fifth before giving up a one-out single. She allowed just two base hits and struck out five in a five-inning complete game.

Other Top Chargers
• Gracie Rademacker (Green Valley, Ill./Midwest Central): 2 for 4, two runs, three RBIs
• Wolfe: 3 for 4, home run, three runs, RBI
• Natalie Righi (Pekin, Ill./Pekin): 3 for 3, three doubles, walk, three runs, RBI
• Blanchard: 2 for 4, triple, two runs, two RBIs
• Benson: 4 for 4, double, triple, 1 run, three RBIs
• Creasey: 2 for 4, run, two RBIs

UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
3 p.m. Thursday at Highland  

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