Rademacker’s Walk-Off Double Completes Sweep for Chargers in Home Opener

GALESBURG — Gracie Rademacker (Green Valley, Ill./Midwest Central) delivered a walk-off double in Game 2 to help the Carl Sandburg College softball team complete a sweep of Lake County in the Chargers' home opener Monday afternoon at the Hungate Baseball/Softball Complex.

GAME 1
Sandburg 15, Lake County 7 (5 innings)
Lake County    303      01        —        7          11        4
Sandburg         433      5x        —        15        14        3
W: Wolfe 5 IP, 2 K, 1 BB

Key Moment
Leading 7-6 in the bottom of the third, the Chargers (2-6) extended their lead with three runs. Brooklyn Walker (Burnside, Ill./Warsaw) doubled with one out and scored when a liner to center off the bat of Emma Wolfe (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap) was misplayed. Wolfe scored from third on a groundout to short by Rademacker. Natalie Righi (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) was hit by a pitch, moved up on a single and scored on an error by the Lancers shortstop.

Sandburg Standout
Maddi Benson (Spring Bay, Ill./Metamora) singled three times in three at-bats and knocked in three runs to lead a 14-hit Chargers attack. She also scored a run.

Other Top Chargers
• Wolfe: 1 for 3, walk, home run, stolen base; complete game, one walk, two strikeouts
• Kayla Wolf (Chillicothe, Ill./Illinois Valley Central): 2 for 4, double, run, two RBIs
• Gabby Blanchard (South Pekin, Ill./Pekin): 2 for 4, run, two RBIs
• Riley Creasey (Macomb, Ill./Macomb): 2 for 3, run
• Righi: 1 for 1, two walks, four runs, stolen base

GAME 2
Sandburg 11, Lake County 10
Lake County    210      230      2          —        10        13        1
Sandburg         230      500      1          —        11        17        2
W: Chelsey Catton 7 IP, 3 K, 5 BB

Key Moments
• The Chargers went up 10-5 behind a five-run fourth, but the Lancers rallied to tie, scoring three in the fifth and pulling even on Natalie Lother's two-run homer in the seventh.
• Creasey drew a walk to lead off the bottom of the seventh and moved to second on Wolfe's base hit to left. Rademacker then doubled to right on a 1-1 pitch to bring home the game-winner.

Sandburg Standout
Rademacker's game-winning hit capped a 3-for-5 effort that included two runs scored and two RBIs.

Other Top Chargers
• Wolfe: 3 for 5, triple, home run, two runs, two RBIs
• Righi: 3 for 4, double, triple, two runs, RBI
• Benson: 3 for 4, double, run, RBI
• Wolf: 2 for 4, double, two RBIs
• Reagan Eaves (Nauvoo, Ill./Warsaw): 2 for 4, double, run, RBI

UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
1 p.m. Wednesday at John Wood

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