The Salem Wildcats opened up the Cahokia Conference baseball season with a nice home win over Breese Central 3-2. Trailing 2-0 in the 3rd inning, Salem sophomore Noah Nix blasted a 3-run homer to give Salem the lead and that would be all Griffin Day would need as the senior went 6.2 allowing 7 hits and 2 runs, one earned, with 5 strikeouts. Nix came in to get the final out and the save. Salem only had 3 hits with Aden Susmena and Josh Powless also adding singles. The Salem Wildcats are 2-4 overall and are right back in action today when they host Odin/Patoka.
In other action:
- Centralia is 4-1 after winning their South 7 opener yesterday over Carbondale 4-3. The Orphans got a Will Graham 2-run single in the top of the 7th to take the lead and freshman Brayden Wood got his first high school win as a pitcher. Cam Newcomb earned his 2nd save of the year.
- Christ Our Rock scored 5 runs in the 7th inning to beat Marquette Catholic 8-5. Parker Boehne and Myles Pryor each tripled and each drove in 3 runs. Ethan Peltas added an RBI and Colton Oelze had 2 hits. Da’mari Dabney was the starting pitcher working 4 innings of relief allowing 6 hits and 5 runs, 3 earned. Pryor worked the final 3 innings for the win.
- The SC Cougars moved to 3-0 with a 15-0 win at home over Mulberry Grove. Ethan Dunn was the winning pitcher going 3 innings allowing 1 hit. SC got doubles from Aidan Dodson, Chase Thompson and Ethan Watwood. Watwood drove in 3 as SC scored 5 in the first and 6 more in the 2nd before finishing the game with a 4-spot in the 4th.
- Mount Vernon shutout Althoff in five innings 10-0. Kayden McGee had 2 hits including a double and drove in 4, Gabe Luttinen added a double and 3 RBI with 2 RBI from Matthew McKinney. Eli Garrett got the complete game win to go to 2-1 as the Rams are 4-4 on the season.
- North Clay improved to 4-2 with their 10-7 win over Dieterich.
