Sparta 6
Chester 1
Sparta swept the season series with Randolph County rival Chester Tuesday with a 6-1 win.
Jordan Thompson tossed five innings to pick up his fourth win of the season while the offense was paced by Kyle Wall (3-for-4 with two RBIs) and Hawkins (1-for-3 with a RBI). Thompson was 3-for-4 from the plate with a run batted in to help his own cause.
Justin Eggemeyer took the loss for Chester, while Zach Lochhead and Tim Sullins each had a hit for the Yellow Jackets.
Sparta improved to 10-5 overall on the season with the win and 4-4 in conference play.
Chester dropped to 5-13 on the season and 0-8 in league action. The loss was Chester’s 11th in a row.
Steeleville 8
Lebanon 3
Steeleville notched a big conference win Tuesday with an 8-3 victory over Lebanon.
The Warriors scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning and four more in the fifth.
Luke Kilgore tossed the first six innings to earn his first victory of the season.
The Steeleville offense was led by Josh Diercks (3-for-4 with two RBIs), Darin Winkelman (1-for-2 with a double and three RBIs) and Andrew Pokrzywinski (1-for-4 with a RBI).
Steeleville improved to 4-9 on the season with the win.
Marissa-Coulterville 7
Freeburg 5
Marissa-Coulterville scored the first six runs of the game and then held off Freeburg for a 7-5 win Friday.
Elijah Burton picked up the win as he pitched six innings allowing five runs on 10 hits while striking out four. Casey Pitchford tossed a scoreless seventh inning to notch the save.
Pitchford also went 2-for-3 from the plate with four runs batted in to lead the Meteor offense. Burton and Logan Tabor each drove in runs as well in the win.
Du Quoin 4
Pinckneyville 2
Pinckneyville rallied to score two runs in the seventh inning but couldn’t overcome an early 4-0 deficit as Du Quoin held on for the 4-2 win Tuesday.
“There is not a lot to say about this one that hasn't been repeated over and over this season,” said Pinckneyville coach Alan Engelhardt. “You cannot expect to be completely disinterested in the game for the majority of the game and hope to win in the end. The frustrating point is we are not getting better.  We have fallen back to 10-10 and are out of the conference race. We have 15 games left to get ready for the regional, so we need to see what we can do in that time frame.”
Drew Dudek was saddled with the loss as he gave up four runs on seven hits.
Adam Barczewski and Marian Brammeier each drove in a run to lead the Panther attack.
Red Bud 3
Wesclin 2
Alex Phegley had both of Red Bud’s hits as he drove in two runs to lead Red Bud past Wesclin 3-2 Thursday.
The Musketeers scored three runs in the bottom of the third and Wesclin scored a pair in the fourth.
Stefan Gregson tossed all seven innings allowing two runs on six hits while striking out four to earn the win.
Steeleville 4
Dupo 3
Dustin Risinger allowed three runs on just four hits as he went the distance to lead Steeleville to a 4-3 win over Dupo Thursday.
The senior also went 3-for-3 from the plate while Kris Beshears and Josh Diercks each drove in a run.
The Warriors scored four runs on 11 hits for the win.
Nashville 13
Chester 4
Chester dropped its seventh consecutive game with a 13-4 loss to Nashville Thursday in SIRR Mississippi baseball action.
Nashville wasted little time jumping on the Yellow Jackets as the Hornets scored four runs in the bottom of the first and six in the second for a commanding 10-0 lead.
Chester scored two runs in the top of the third before Nashville put three more runs in the bottom half of the inning. The Yellow Jackets rounded out the scoring with a pair of runs in the fourth.
Zach Lochhead took the loss for Chester while Jeremy Wahl led the offense going  2-for-4 with a home run, double and two RBIs. Tim Sullins was 3-for-3 with a triple and Caleb Arbeiter was 2-for-3.