Illinois High School Softball - Donovan falls to Illinois Lutheran
April 23, 2018: Crete, IL 60417 In Monday's league outing, the host Illinois Lutheran Chargers softball team scored a nice 11-2 win over the Donovan Wildcats.
Coming up next, the Chargers battle the Grant Park Dragons (Grant Park, IL) in a River Valley outing, on Tuesday, April 24. Illinois Lutheran will attempt to upgrade on its 7-5 season record. The Dragons enter the outing with a 4-3 record after their 11-9 league win over Gardner-South Wilmington (Gardner, IL).
The Wildcats (2-11) will now prepare for their outing against Illinois Lutheran (Crete, IL). The Chargers enter the River Valley outing with a 8-5 record. In their last outing, Illinois Lutheran ran past Grant Park (Grant Park, IL), 12-8, in a league outing.
Game Summary
Illinois Lutheran Chargers jumped out to an early lead over Donovan and took home an 11-2 victory on Monday. Illinois Lutheran Chargers scored on a groundout by Madison Uhlenbrauck and an error in the second inning.
Illinois Lutheran Chargers secured the victory thanks to seven runs in the sixth inning. Illinois Lutheran Chargers put the pressure on, lead by walks by Mollie Hinz and Madison Peters, singles by Isabella Biesterfeld and Haeli Wheeler, and a triple by Paige Biesterfeld.
Illinois Lutheran Chargers pulled away for good with three runs in the second inning. In the second Uhlenbrauck grounded out, scoring one run and an error scored one run for Illinois Lutheran Chargers .
Wheeler led the Illinois Lutheran Chargers at the mound, going all 7 innings, gave up 2 runs on 2 hits and striking out 12.