Korte’s Tiebreaking HR in 6th Sends Chargers to 1st Win of Season

HARRISBURG — Logan Korte (Metropolis, Ill./Massac County) hit two home runs, including a tiebreaking blast in the sixth inning, to lift the Carl Sandburg College baseball team to its first victory of the season with a wild 16-15 comeback win Saturday at Southeastern Illinois.

Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader between the Chargers and Falcons was suspended after four innings because of darkness with Southeastern Illinois ahead 11-4. The game will be completed March 16 prior to the teams' game scheduled for that day in Harrisburg. Sandburg (1-2) closed its season-opening weekend trip with a 19-1 loss Sunday against Kankakee in Carterville.

SATURDAY
Game 1
Sandburg 16, Southeastern Illinois 15
Sandburg         111      931      0          —        16        17        2
SE Illinois         840      300      0          —        15        14        2
W: McKoy Allen 1 IP, 0 K, 0 BB
SV: Ian Donaldson 2 IP, 4 K, 3 BB

Key Moments
• The Chargers fell into a 12-2 hole after two innings, but got a run back in the third and tied the game with a nine-run fourth. Korte hit a two-run homer to kick off the scoring in the frame, and Jack Shields (Peoria Heights, Ill./Notre Dame) scored the tying run on a passed ball.
• Southeastern Illinois regained the lead with a three-run bottom of the fourth, but the Chargers tied it again on the strength of a two-run shot by Chase Mason (Washington, Ill./Washington) and a solo blast from Mitch Ball (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria).
• Korte's homer to center on a full count in the sixth gave the Chargers their first lead since 1-0.

Sandburg Standout
Korte, a southern Illinois native, went 2 for 3 — both homers — with three RBIs and a walk.

Other Top Chargers
• Ashton Johnson (Brimfield, Ill./Brimfield) — 2 for 4, walk, three runs
• Cam Scott (Mapleton, Ill./Illini Bluffs) — 3 for 5, double, home run, two runs, four RBIs
• Ball — 3 for 4, double, home run, walk, two runs, two RBIs
• Jack Barham (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap) — 3 for 4, home run, two runs

SUNDAY
at Carterville
Kankakee 19, Sandburg 1 (7 innings)
Sandburg         001      000      0          —        1          3          3
Kankakee        303      562      x          —        19        9          1
L: Scott 3.1 IP, 2 K, 4 BB

Key Moment
The Cavaliers busted the game open with a five-run fourth to go ahead 11-1.

Sandburg Standout
Matt Schmitt (Peoria, Ill./Notre Dame) pitched a scoreless fifth inning for the Chargers. He came on with the bases loaded and nobody out in the inning. The freshman allowed two of the inherited runners to score before inducing a 4-6-3 double play and getting the next batter to fly out to right.

UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
3 p.m. Friday at Illinois Central 

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