GREENVILLE, Ill. – The Spalding baseball team won their SLIAC Tournament opener over Westminster, 7-3, Thursday at Robert E. Smith field in Greenville, Ill. The Golden Eagles improve to 31-10 on season and face the winner of #1 Webster vs. #2 Greenville tomorrow at 3:00 pm EST.
THE BASIC
SCORE: Spalding 7 – Westminster 3
LOCATION: Robert E. Field | Greenville, Ill.
RECORDS: Spalding 31-10, Westminster 20-14
HIGHLIGHTS
- The Golden Eagles got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second when Quenton Brownlee lifted a ball high into the air that carried just over the left field wall to put SU ahead, 1-0.
- Following a pair of Blue Jay runs in the top of the fifth, senior Clay Kelly hit a three-run bomb to left field driving in Evan Trentman and Eric Meyer to put the Golden Eagles back in front, 4-2.
- SU added three more runs in the seventh inning extending the lead to five runs. A Matt Harper sacrifice fly to center field scored Garrett Wilson for the first run of the inning. Q Brownlee hit his second homer of the game, this time to center field, scoring Kelly for the final runs of the game.
STAT LEADERS
- Quenton Brownlee batted in three runs going 2-for-4 with two home runs.
- Clay Kelly also drove in a trio of runs coming on a go-ahead three-run homer.
- Garrett Wilson had a solid day going 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored.
- Jimi Keating (9-1) earned the victory holding the Blue Jays to two runs, on seven hits, while striking out 12 batters and walking none, in 8.0 innings pitched.
FOR THE FOES
- Nick Bohlmann led the Blue Jays going 2-for-5 with two runs batted-in.
- Ian Cassidy (7-3) suffered the loss allowing seven runs, on nine hits, in seven innings pitched.
UP NEXT
- The Golden Eagles are back on the diamond Friday at 3:00 pm EST taking on the Webster Gorloks in Greenville, Ill.