Baseball Briefs: Cardinal, Pekin baseball

Cardinal?s season ends

EDDYVILLE ? Cardinal baseball was held to just two hits in a 12-0 loss to Mid-Prairie in the opening round of district play Saturday.

The Golden Hawks scored in every inning but the first and downed Cardinal by the mercy rule in five innings.

Sam Schlegel and Austin Deshler both went 1 for 2 at the plate for Cardinal.

Cardinal vs. Mid-Prairie

Cardinal ? 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 2 3

Mid-Prairie ? 0 1 3 2 6 ? 12 11 0

CARDINAL ? Schlegel 1-2; Deshler 1-2, 2B

Pitching ? Chance (L) 3 INN, 4R, 4ER, 5H, 3K, 4BB; Short 1.1 INN, 7R, 5ER, 4H, K, 4BB; Showman 0.2 INN, R, ER, 2H, BB

Pekin wins in eight

WINFIELD ? The Pekin offense awoke at the right time to down Winfield-Mount Union 14-8 in an eight-inning make-up game Friday.

Pekin was held scoreless in the fourth through seventh innings before exploding for the six-run eighth.

Tater Clubb paced the 15-hit offense with four hits in five at-bats. Derek Morales went 2 for 3 with four RBI and Thomas Slaney had two RBI on two hits.

Pekin?s Nazareth Rambo picked up the win, allowing six runs in five innings and striking out four.