Illinois High School Baseball - Shawnee sneaks past Cobden
April 5, 2010: Wolf Lake, IL 62998 Spectators at Monday's league battle between the Shawnee Redskins (Wolf Lake, IL) and the visiting Cobden Appleknockers (Cobden, IL), saw Shawnee's baseball squad edge Cobden by a count of 1-0.
Coming up next, the Redskins play the Trico Pioneers (Campbell Hill, IL) in a non-league battle, on Tuesday, April 6. Shawnee will attempt to move on its 5-2 season record. The Pioneers enter the battle with a 0-2 record after their 3-2 non-league loss to Sparta (Sparta, IL).
The Appleknockers now possess a 0-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Egyptian for a South Egyptian battle on Tuesday, April 6. Cobden will play a Pharaohs squad coming off a 9-7 non-league loss to Shawnee (Wolf Lake, IL). The Pharaohs record now stands at 0-1.
Game Summary
Shawnee scored a lone run in the first and Greg Smith made it stand with an impressive 2-hit shutout, fanning 6, and picking up his third win of the season as the 'Skins defeated Cobden 1-0. Ty McMahan led off the first with a base hit, went to second on a fielder's choice, stole third, and scored on Tyler Glidewell's sacrifice fly to right. McaMahan and Glidewell accounted for 4 of Shawnee's five hits, but Smith held Cobden in check for the complete game victory. Shawnee improves to 5-2 on the season and face Trico on Tuesday. No starter has been named.
