Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:56 PM CDT
Simpson throws another shutout in Lady Trojans’ win
By JG/T-C Staff
sports@jg-tc.com
CHARLESTON -- Amy Simpson threw a five-inning shutout for the second straight day as Charleston beat Champaign Central 10-0 in Wednesday’s non-conference softball.
The sophomore pitched a two-hitter in the mercy-rule five-inning game after throwing a three-hitter in Tuesday’s 12-0 win completing an Apollo Conference doubleheader sweep over Salem.
“I think she’s just becoming a lot better pitcher instead of just throwing the ball,” Charleston coach Karen Karch said. “She struck out a couple of batters on changeups when she just froze them. She’s also getting a lot tougher mentally too. After a walk she’ll come back and get a strikeout. I think it helps a lot to have Alex (Kuhn) behind the plate too. Being a senior I think Alex helps her a lot.”
Simpson also had a double and a single, Devan Finley had a triple and single with four RBIs and Courtney Figgins was a third Lady Trojan going 2-for-2 in this game.
Charleston is 7-5 going into a 4:30 p.m. Friday home game against Marshall to be followed by an 11 a.m. Saturday Apollo doubleheader at home against Mount Zion.
“The girls are really playing pretty well right now,” Karch said.
Charleston AB R H BI
Pruett, ss 2 1 1 0
Finley, rf 2 1 2 4
Rice, dp 3 0 1 1
Kuhn, p 3 0 0 0
Simpson, p 2 0 2 1
Maxey, cr 0 2 0 0
Boyer, 2b 1 2 0 0
Dowling, 1b 3 0 1 1
Reed, 3b 1 2 1 1
Figgins, lf 2 2 2 2
Totals 19 10 10 10
2B-Simpson. 3B-Finley. SB-Pruett, Maxey 2. S-Reed, Finley.
Central 000 00 - 0-2-0
Charleston 224 2x - 10-10-0
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson (3-2) 5 2 0 0 2 6
Baseball Trojans now 11-3
CHARLESTON – Taylor Nead had a no-hitter going in the fourth inning but his Charleston baseball team has a key Apollo Conference doubleheader scheduled for Saturday.
So Nead was relived when he reached his pitch count limit and two teammates helped finish the combined one-hitter and 10-2 non-conference baseball win over Rantoul on Friday.
“There was no question he was coming out,” Charleston coach Derrick Landrus said. That’s as good as he looked all year. He had all three pitches working and was very efficient.”
Eric Gentry went 3-for-4, Lee Walden hit his first home run of the season in a 2-for-2 day and Trey Ryan and Clayton Murphy added two hits each as Charleston raised its record to 11-3.
The Trojans have a 4:30 p.m. Friday non-conference home game against Danville before going to Mount Zion for an 11 a.m. Saturday Apollo Conference doubleheader.
Charleston AB R H BI
Ames, 3b 4 1 0 0
Gentry, 2b 4 3 3 1
Hennig, dh 2 2 1 0
Nead, p 0 0 0 0
Rose, rf 0 0 0 0
Johnson, lf 3 1 1 1
A. Phipps, lf 0 0 0 0
Ryan, c 4 1 2 1
Murphy, 1b 3 0 2 1
Pogue, ph 1 0 0 0
Wheeler, cf 2 0 1 0
Fisher, ph 1 0 0 0
Addison, ss 2 1 1 0
Walden, rf 2 1 2 2
Totals
2B-Hennig. HR-Walden (1). SB-Ames, Rose 2, Hennig, Murphy.
Rantoul 000 020 0 - 2-1-3
Charleston 430 021 x - 10-13-3
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO
Nead (W, 5-0) 3 1/3 0 0 0 0 5
Wheeler 1 2/3 1 2 1 2 2
Ames 2 0 0 0 2 3
Fresh-soph Trojans win 8-3
CHARLESTON – Winning pitcher Levi Ebbert went 2-for-3 with two RBIs helping Charleston to Wednesday’s 8-3 freshman-sophomore baseball win over Rantoul at Baker Field.
Jason Lord was 3-for-4 for the Trojans, who are to play an 11 a.m. Saturday doubleheader at Mount Zion.
Rantoul 000 102 0 - 3-5-4
Charleston 312 200 0 - 8-10-2
Winning pitcher: Levi Ebbert 6 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 earned runs, 10 strikeouts, 2 walks. Relief: Thomas Schniers 1 inning 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 strikeout.
CHARLESTON: Joey Miller 1-for-3, RBI; Cameron Phipps 1-for-3; Jason Lord 3-for-4, 2 stolen bases; Joe Fricke 1-for-4, RBI; Levi Ebbert 2-for-3, 2 RBIs; Evan Clark 1-for-3, RBI; Schniers 1-for-3; Dylan Doughty 1-for-2
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