Benton subdues Eldorado 18-4 in five innings on Wednesday

ELDOROAD, IL (Amanda Jarzynski, Benton Evening News. Please click on the link to read the full story. Here is an excerpt) The Benton Rangers (4-0) baseball team showed no mercy to the Eldorado Eagles (2-3) Wednesday afternoon when the team in maroon took an 18-4 victory by slaughter rule in five innings. The host team Eagles earned only four hits throughout the game compared to the Rangers’ 13 hits (14 RBIs). “They came out and put some runs on the board, played hard, continued to add, ran the bases effectively and took advantage of their mistakes,” said Brett Blondi, Rangers’ coach. “I was happy with everybody.” But at the other end of the field, Eagles’ coach Brad Drust admitted to being slightly embarrassed by the way his team performed. “I’m not embarrassed by the score… I’m more embarrassed by our hustle today,” Drust said. “We were kind of lackadaisical in our hustle and that’s not the way we as a program play.”