MT. CARMEL - Rend Lake College held off a late-inning Wabash Valley rally to win 8-7. However, The Lake couldn't hold on in the nightcap, giving up three runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and falling 4-3 in a War of the Warriors doubleheader that went down to the wire today in Mt. Carmel.
Tomas Rodriguez gets the save for RLC after picking up Patrick Flanigan who improves to 2-2 on the mound this spring. Zach Elliott and Derek Trovillion knocked in two apiece in the first game. Luke Shuemaker and Jesse Schmidt each hit a solo homer in the second game. Jacob Wente gave up one run until the seventh inning comeback of the nightcap. He gets the loss with Elliott behind the plate.
GAME ONE
RLC 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 --- 8 9 1
WVC 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 --- 7 9 3
Patrick Flanigan (W, 2-2) Tomas Rodriguez (S) with Zach Elliott
Blake Drake (L) with Yovan Gonzalez
RLC - Raymond Fuentes 4-6, 2RS George Oquendo 1-5, 2RS, RBI Luke Shuemaker 2RS, RBI Hayden Hicks RBI Zach Elliot 2RBI Derek Trovillion 2RBI
GAME TWO
RLC 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 --- 3 5 0
WVC 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 --- 4 5 2
Jacob Wente (L) with Elliott
Julio Morales (3IP) Tory Doerr (1IP) Keith Butler (W, 3IP) with Rhodes
RLC - Shuemaker 1-3, HR Schmidt 1-3, HR Elliott 1-3 Heard 1-3 Oquendo 1-3
Record: RLC 11-17 GRAC 4-5