The Salem Wildcats improved to 4-2 on the season beating visiting Charleston 9-1 at Salem Field yesterday.
With the Cats leading 2-0 in the bottom of the fourth, Senior Keaton Gullion hit a deep home run to right field, a 2-run shot, extending the lead to 4-0. It was his first high school home run as he finished the day 2-2 with a single and 2 walks as well. He scored 3 times.
Also at the plate, Noah Nix doubled driving in a run. Carter Lowe added an RBI along with Rhett Detering. Rhett was the winning pitcher going all 7 innings striking out 10 and allowing just 3 hits and striking out 10 with just 2 walks.
The Salem Wildcats baseball team is back on the road today when they travel to Centralia to take on the Orphans.
Mt Vernon fell to Civic Memorial 2-0. Diedrich Smith pitched a great game for the Rams going 6 innings of shutout ball.
Carlyle fell to 2-2 with a 12-0 loss in five innings to New Athens. Jon Schmitt and Rhettick Steinkamp both doubled for the Indians who host Woodlawn today.
Baseball Scores:
Anna 5 Goreville 1
West 14 Mater Dei 1
Breese Central 15 Collinsville 8
Carterville 5 Marion 4
EWAR 14 East St Louis 1
Edwardsville 14 Granite City 0
Fairfield 7 Waltonville 0
Freeburg 2 Wesclin 0
Gibault 20 Cahokia 0
Harrisburg 13 Hardin County 0
Highland 7 New Trier 2
Lawrenceville 6 Oblong 1
Marshall 2 Mattoon 1
Mascoutah 6 East 2
Nashville 11 Trico 0
North Clay 11 Brownstown/St Elmo 1
Olney 10 Cumberland 1
Pinckneyville 10 Hamilton County 0
SC 7 Cisne 0
Valmeyer 12 Okawville 2
Webber 12 Grayville 2
ZR 10 Woodlawn 1
