Chargers fall twice at home to No. 16 Snappers
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Spoon River College | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 |
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Carl Sandburg College | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Spoon River College | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 0 |
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Carl Sandburg College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
GALESBURG — The Carl Sandburg College softball team took an early lead in Game 2, but nationally ranked Spoon River swept both parts of a doubleheader against the Chargers on Wednesday at the Hungate Baseball/Softball Complex.
GAME 1
No. 16 Spoon River 13, Sandburg 2 (5 innings)
Spoon River 360 13 — 13 13 2
Sandburg 001 01 — 2 6 4
L: Jaycee Craig 2 IP, 0 K, 4 BB
KEY MOMENTS
• The Snappers, ranked 16th in NJCAA Division II, collected three runs in the opening inning and tacked on six more in the second for a 9-0 lead.
• Sandburg got on the board in the third as Erin Jackson smacked a leadoff double and scored on an error by the Spoon River first baseman after Elly Bentley's comebacker to the pitcher.
SANDBURG STANDOUT
Jackson and Maleaha Nagel each doubled and scored a run while batting in the bottom two spots in the lineup.
GAME 2
No. 16 Spoon River 16, Sandburg 3 (5 innings)
Spoon River 084 13 — 16 12 0
Sandburg 300 00 — 3 5 4
L: Mary Hellige 3 IP, 0 K, 2 BB
KEY MOMENTS
• The Chargers sprung for three two-out runs in the first inning to take an early lead. Bentley led off with a single, and Bailey Ryan followed with a walk. After a strikeout and flyout, Kaitlyn Egenes doubled in both runners with a shot to center. Alexis Brammeier then brought Egenes home with a base hit to center field.
• Spoon River answered with an eight-run second. All the Snappers' runs in the frame were unearned and came with two out in the inning.
SANDBURG STANDOUT
Egenes' first-inning double proved to be the Chargers' lone extra-base hit of the contest.
UP NEXT
3 p.m. Thursday at Kishwaukee
FRIDAY'S GAMES CANCELED
The Chargers' doubleheader scheduled for Friday vs. John Wood has been canceled because the Blazers needed to reschedule a region contest for that day.
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