Team Splits with Blackhawk

Moline - Lincoln College split a twin bill with Blackhawk here Thursday afternoon, winning the second game, 5-4, after losing in the opener, 3-0. The Lynx, 7-7, will play host to Parkland at 11 a.m. Saturday in a twin bill. It will be the first home games of the season for Lincoln College. Danville was rated seventh in the nation in the preseason poll.

In the second game, Lincoln College scored twice in the first inning and three times in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead and then held on to gain the split. Ryan Driskill picked up the victory with five innings of work, giving up four hits, one earned run, one walk and seven strikeouts. Rich Ennis and Kyle Bruce each pitched one inning with Bruce gaining the save.

Adam York, Brad Hall and Jake Jones each had a pair of hits for the Lynx. York had the big blow, a three run homer in the fourth inning. Jones had a pair of RBI and Hall had a double. Tyler Casson and Bryant Wright had the other hits for Lincoln College.

Nick Kidwell was the tough luck loser in the first game, giving up six hits and one earned run in six innings, with three strikeouts and one walk. The Lynx were limited to five hits with Casson collecting a pair of singles while Wright, Jason Williams and Nick Meredith had one hit each.

" We had our opportunities but we just couldn't get the first run across," said Coach Tony Thomas. "If we could have pushed the first run across, I think others would have followed, but we weren't able to get the big hit. Our defense let us down a little also. We have been playing great defense, but we made three errors. Nick pitched a great game and deserved to win, we just didn't score.

FIRST GAME
Lincoln College 000 000 0 - 0 - 5 - 3
Blackhawk College 020 100 x - 3 - 6 - 1
Kidwell (L) & Brown; O'Hoski (W) & Ziegler.

SECOND GAME
Lincoln College 200 300 0 - 5 - 8 - 2
Blackhawk College 100 012 0 - 4 - 7 - 4
Driskell (W), Ennis (6), Bruce (7-S) & Wright; Blackhawk unknown.