HEADING HOME … Hilltop’s Brennan Dempsey rounds third base during game one of an ACME baseball doubleheader with Edgerton.
(PHOTOS BY BREANA RELIFORD / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
TRACKING DOWN THE BALL … Edgerton right fielder Bryce Schroeder lunges for a fly ball along the foul line in the sixth inning.
Hilltop 4, Edgerton 3
Edgerton 6, Hilltop 5 (5 innings)
WEST UNITY – Hilltop rallied for the win in game one and Edgerton fended off a Cadets rally in game two to earn a split of a doubleheader on Tuesday night.
In game one, Edgerton led 3-0 before the Cadets scored four runs on five hits in the bottom of the sixth to take their first lead of night.
Edgerton put two on with two-out in the seventh before Parker Elden hit into a fielder’s choice to end it.
Anthony Jiannuzzi paced Hilltop with three singles while Mason Elden, Maddox Baker, and Brady Everetts had two hits each for the Bulldogs.
In the night cap, Edgerton jumped out to a 6-1 lead and staved off a Hilltop surge in the fifth for a 6-5 triumph in five innings.
Mason Elden got the win on the mound in game two for Edgerton while adding a double in three at-bats. Cameron Shimp and Brady Wagner each had a two-bagger for Hilltop.
GAME 1
EDG 000 012 0 – 3 10 2
HILL 000 004 x – 4 9 1
Records: Edgerton 3-6, Hilltop 1-3
WINNING PITCHER: Dempsey (1.2 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 1 strikeout) Other: Shimp
LOSING PITCHER: My. Baker (6 innings, 10 hits, 4 runs, 0 earned, 0 walks, 4 strikeouts)
LEADING HITTERS: (Edgerton) Ma. Baker – 2 singles; Everetts – 2 singles; Weaver – double, RBI; M. Elden – 2 singles, RBI; (Hilltop) Mahlman – triple, RBI; Jiannuzzi – 3 singles; Dempsey – 2 singles, RBI
GAME 2
EDG 130 02 – 6 6 1
HILL 001 04 – 5 6 3
Records: Edgerton 4-6, Hilltop 1-4
WINNING PITCHER: M. Elden (4 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 earned, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts) Other: Flower
LOSING PITCHER: Jiannuzzi (2 innings, 2 hits, 4 runs, 1 earned, 1 walk, 1 strikeout) Other: Wagner, Kesler, Rublclava
LEADING HITTERS: (Edgerton) M. Elden – double, RBI; (Hilltop) Wagner – double, RBI; Shimp – double, 2 RBIs