Vandalia baseball grabbed an early lead but couldn’t stop Carlinville’s seven run fifth inning as the Vandals fell to the Cavies 8 to 6 on Friday night. A dropped third strike in the first inning allowed Brock Willenborg to reach base and Jack Lewis to score after Lewis record the Vandals first hit of the night, a double, as the Vandals went up 1-0. Carlinville tied things up 1-1 in the second inning, but Vandalia responded in the top of the third inning after back to back singles by Andrew Casey and Lewis to start the inning before a sacrifice fly from Willenborg brought Casey in to score and put the Vandals back on top 2-1. That lead was extended out in the fourth inning as Kohnor Depew singled to second base to bring in Owen Halford to score and a double by Casey scored Drew Jones and Depew as the Vandals went up 5-1. The Cavies got on a roll in the fifth inning and put up 7 runs to take the lead, 8-5. Vandalia was able to tack on one more run in the top of the seventh inning on a single from Chase Cearlock that scored Casey, but it was not enough as the Vandals suffered the 8-6 loss. Vandalia drops to 7-12 on the season and will be in action this morning at home against Trenton Wesclin at 10:00am.
Vandalia Offense:
Kohnor Depew – 1-4, R, RBI
Andrew Casey – 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
Jack Lewis – 2-3, BB, R
Brock Willenborg – 1-3, RBI
Chase Cearlock – 3-4, RBI
Owen Halford – BB, R
Drew Jones – 1-1, 2 BB, R
Vandals Pitching:
Jack Lewis 4 1/3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 Ks
Qwentyn Stombaugh 1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BBs, 1 K
Brady Elder 1 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
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