The Salem Wildcats dropped a pair of games at Highland on Saturday.
Salem opened with a heartbreaking 13-12 walk-off loss to Collinsville. The Wildcats led 11-2 after scoring 9 times in the 3rd inning. But Collinsville cut that deficit to 13-9 with 5 runs in the fourth. After a leadoff single in the bottom of the 7th, the Cats pitching would walk 5 and hit 2 more in allowing Collinsville to score 4 to earn the win. Isaak Williams went 4-5 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored as he continued his hot hitting. Hunter Daniels was 2-2 with 2 runs and 2 RBI and Blane Phillips tripled and drove in 2. Salem also got RBI from Brogan Gregg and Gavin Zimmermann who tripled.
Salem then fell to Highland 11-1 in five innings. Brogan Gregg went 3-3 and drove in the only run in the loss. Carter Rose was 2-2 with a run and Charlie Hunter and Josh Powless also had hits. Salem is 9-19 overall as they get set to host Wood River tomorrow, South Central Wednesday and Roxana on Thursday before getting this weekend off for Prom.
