Shields Reaches 4 Times, but Chargers Come Up Short vs. Vols
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Carl Sandburg College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
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John A. Logan College | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 12 | 2 |
CARTERVILLE — Facing John A. Logan for the second consecutive day, the Carl Sandburg College baseball team dropped an 8-4 decision to the Volunteers on Tuesday afternoon.
Key Moment
Already up 4-1 in the fifth, the Volunteers extended their lead with a four-run inning that was ignited by back-to-back Chargers errors to open the frame.
Sandburg Standout
Left fielder Jack Shields (Peoria, Ill./Notre Dame) reached base four times for the Chargers, going 3 for 4 with a walk and a run scored. Shields singled in the third, drew a base on balls in the fifth, singled to left in the seventh and added another base hit in the ninth.
Other Top Chargers
Trenton Blythe (LaHarpe, Ill./Notre Dame) — 2 for 3, double
Jack Barham (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap) — 1 for 3, two walks, run, stolen base
Jeron Conner (Burlington, Iowa/Notre Dame) — 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 K, 0 BB
UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
1 p.m. Wednesday at Southeastern Illinois
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