Sandburg Softball Sweeps Tigers to Run Winning Streak to 4

GALESBURG — The Carl Sandburg College softball team picked up its second sweep in as many days Monday, earning a pair of blowout wins over Iowa Wesleyan JV at the Hungate Baseball/Softball Complex.

GAME 1
Sandburg 17, Iowa Wesleyan JV 9 (5 innings)
Iowa Wesleyan JV       250      02        —        9          12        6
Sandburg                     821      06        —        17        17        1
W: Brooklyn Walker 3 IP, 1 K, 3 BB

Key Moment
The Chargers raced to an 8-2 lead after an inning, but the Tigers trimmed their deficit to 11-9 entering the bottom of the fifth. Sandburg then ended the game via the mercy rule with a six-run frame in which the Chargers took advantage of five errors.

Sandburg Standout
Gabby Blanchard (South Pekin, Ill./Pekin) had four hits in five at-bats to lead a 17-hit Chargers attack. Blanchard singled three times, doubled twice, drove in a run and scored four times.

Other Top Chargers
• Gracie Rademacker (Green Valley, Ill./Midwest Central): 2 for 4, double, triple, walk, two runs
• Emma Wolfe (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap): 2 for 5, double, triple, two runs, two RBIs
• Kayla Wolf (Chillicothe, Ill./Illinois Valley Central): 2 for 2, two doubles, two walks, two runs, two RBIs
• Maddi Benson (Spring Bay, Ill./Metamora): 2 for 4, two runs, four RBIs
• Brooklyn Walker (Burnside, Ill./Warsaw): 2 for 4, two runs
• Lacyn Durst (Elmwood, Ill./Elmwood): 1 for 4, run, three RBIs
• Riley Creasey (Macomb, Ill./Macomb): 3 for 4, two runs
• Emma Wolfe (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap): 1 for 4, home run

GAME 2
Sandburg 15, Iowa Wesleyan JV 3 (5 innings)
Iowa Wesleyan JV       000      12        —        3          4          8
Sandburg                     534      3x        —        15        12        2
W: Chelsey Catton 5 IP, 10 K, 3 BB

Key Moment
The Chargers (8-11) scored the game's first 12 runs, including a five-run first inning that was capped by a solo homer to left-center by Blanchard.

Sandburg Standout
Chelsey Catton (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) struck out a season-high 10 batters in a complete-game victory. Catton held the Tigers to just one earned run on four hits and three walks, and she had a double and two runs scored at the plate.

Other Top Chargers
• Rademacker: 1 for 3, two walks, three runs
• Wolfe: 2 for 3, double, three runs, two RBIs
• Natalie Righi (Pekin, Ill./Pekin): 2 for 2, triple, walk, two runs, three RBIs
• Riley Creasey (Macomb, Ill./Macomb): 1 for 3, two RBIs
• Reagan Eaves (Nauvoo, Ill./Warsaw): 2 for 3, two runs, RBI

UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
3 p.m. Tuesday vs. Kishwaukee 

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