For the second time in five days, the South Central Cougars earned an extra-inning walk-off win, defeating the Woodlawn Cardinals 4-3 on Wednesday night. Woodlawn scored a run in the top of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. South Central got on the board in the bottom of the second inning when Sebastian Kruger singled to score Garrett Shumate, and a Landon Lotz sacrifice bunt allowed Aiden Strobel to score, giving the Cougars a 2-1 lead. That score held until the bottom of the sixth inning when Eli Hiestand scored on a throwing error, extending the South Central lead to 3-1. The Cardinals would not go away quietly in the top of the seventh inning, scoring a pair of runs to tie the game at 3-3, and held the Cougars scoreless in the bottom half to force extra innings. After a scoreless top of the eighth, Kruger reached on an error to start the bottom half and advanced to third after a pair of sacrifice bunts. One batter later, Ryker Dodson would single to score Kruger, giving the Cougars the 4-3 win. South Central is now 3-0 on the season. The Cougars will start NTC play on Friday when they take on Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City at 7 PM at Lions Field in Kinmundy.
South Central Offense:
Ryker Dodson – 2-5, 1 RBI
Aiden Hoover – 2-4
Garrett Shumate – 1 R
Colton Tockstein – 1-4
Aiden Strobel – 1-3, 1 R
Sebastian Kruger – 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 R
Landon Lotz – 1 RBI
Jordan Smith – 1-2
South Central Pitching:
Garrett Shumate – 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 7 K
Ryker Dodson – 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K
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