Kirgan Has Two Hits, Three RBIs, Leas Contributes Two Hits, Two RBIs, Tigers Win At Collinsville 9-5  

COLLINSVILLE - Jack Kirgan led Edwardsville with two hits and three RBIs, while Sutton Leas came up with two hits and two RBIs, and Miller Dunnill pitched six good innings, striking out four, as the Tigers took another step closer to the Southwestern Conference baseball title with a 9-5 win over Collinsville Tuesday afternoon at Fletcher Field in Woodland Park in Collinsville.

With the win, the Tigers clinched a tie for the title with O'Fallon, who won their game over Belleville West 13-3, and can clinch the title outright with a win or a Panther loss on Thursday.

The Tigers went ahead with one out in the first inning, as Hunter Baugh drew a walk, and was tripled home by Kirgan to put Edwardsville up 1-0. Tyson Wampler then doubled home Kirgan to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead, and Joel Fields singled, sending Wampler to third. Fields was picked off first, but Wampler stole home on the play to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead, with Nick Chiarodo singling to center. Nathan Bukovac singled Chiarodo to second, and a Leas single to center scored Chiarodo to make the score 4-0, but Bukovac was thrown out at third to end the inning.

The Kahoks got a run back in the second, starting with a one-out single by Roman Pomerantz, who went to third on a double by Mason Ponder. Cal Swartz was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Braden Henson drew a walk to force home Pomerantz to cut the Tiger lead to 4-1. A double play ended the inning.

Pomerantz walked to open the Collinsville fourth, and two outs later, Henson reached on an error by the third baseman, with Pomerantz taking third and Henson going to second. Carson Parrill then reached on an error by the shortstop, allowing two runs to score and cutting the Edwardsville lead to 4-3. Parrill was forced at second to end the inning.

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The Tigers put the game to bed in the top of the sixth, when, with one out, Bukovac singled and came home on a Leas double to center, making the score 5-3. Zane Maxwell then executed a bunt single back to the box, sending courtesy runner Rhys Gierich to third. Maxwell stole second, and both he and Gierich scored on an Andrew McCutchen base hit to left, giving Edwardsville a 7-3 lead. McCutchen then stole second, Baugh drew a walk, and both scored on a double by Kirgan to make it 9-3.

Collinsville scored twice in the seventh, all happening with two out. Carter Henson, Henry Stirnaman, and Pomerantz all drew walks to load the bases, and back-to-back RBI singles by Tyler Hunterbrinker and Swartz scored Henson and Stirnaman to make it 9-5, but a strikeout ended the game in favor of Edwardsville.

Kirgan led the Tigers with his two hits and three RBIs, while Leas had two hits and two RBIs, Wampler had two hits and an RBI, both Bukovac and Maxwell had two hits each, McCutchen had a hit and two RBIs, and both Fields and Chiarodo had a hit each. Dunnill went for six innings on the mound, picking up the win, and allowed three runs, one earned, on three hits, walking two and striking out four. Ty Hunt pitched the seventh in relief and gave up two earned runs on two hits, walking three and fanning one.

Hunterbrinker and Swartz had a hit and an RBI each for the Kahoks, while Will Swip, Pomerantz, and Ponder all had a hit each, and Braden Henson drove in a run. Swip started on the mound and was charged with the loss, going 5 1/3 innings and allowing six runs, five earned, on 10 hits, walking two and striking out six. O'Dell pitched 2/3 of an inning, giving up three earned runs on three hits, walking two and striking out two, and Hunterbrinker pitched the seventh inning and allowed no runs on no hits, walking none and striking out one.

Edwardsville is now 19-9, and plays at Columbia on Wednesday, then returns home to meet Collinsville in the conference finale on Thursday, then meets Jersey at home, with all games starting at 4:30 p.m.

Collinsville goes to 10-15, and is at Edwardsville on Thursday, hosts Roxana on Friday, and goes to Centralia next Monday, with all games starting at 4:30 p.m.

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