Warriors baseball splits home DH with Mineral Area

INA, Ill. (April 2, 2013) – Rend Lake College split 6-4, 4-7 against Mineral Area College in Warriors baseball action, Tuesday, in Ina. The Lake is now 19-11 overall and 5-4 in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference.

GAME ONE RLC 6 MAC 4

HITTING for RLC – RBI hitters inclued Justin Busekrus, Ty Broady with two, Blake Deaton with two and Tirey Burch. Broady had a sac fly. Trey Garrett went 3-4 and scored twice.

PITCHING for RLC – Cory Farrow faced 19 batters in 3.2 innings. He struck out three, walked three, and gave up three earned runs on six hits. Jason O’Brien (Emden) came in and got the win after facing six batters – a hit, a strikeout and a walk. O’Brien is now 1-2. Logan Tabor threw an inning and Brady Wright got his fourth save of the year. Wright struck out two, walked one and did not give up a run.

A complete box score and play-by-play for this game is available at http://www.gracsports.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/boxscores/20130402_kj8q.xml.

GAME TWO RLC 4 MAC 7

HITTING for RLC – Deaton had a double and two RBI, Ethan Collins had a double and a RBI, and Busekrus had a RBI. Busekrus and Bryant Shute each had a stolen base.

PITCHING for RLC – Devin Luckett got the loss in relief and is now 2-1. Luckett got a strikeout but gave up two runs in two-thirds of an inning. Jacob Bennett threw the last inning. He struck out one, walked one and gave up an unearned run. Garrett started and threw five innings. He gave up three earned runs – all from a home run by MAC’s Matson in the top of the fifth.

A complete box score and play-by-play for this game are available at http://www.gracsports.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/boxscores/20130402_quxs.xml.

The Warriors will host Southeastern Illinois on Thursday and play at SIC on Friday. For all things athletic at The Lake, visit RLC online at www.rlc.edu/warriors.