For this round of Home Talent League playoffs, Evansville squared off against Columbus at Fireman’s Park in Marshall.
Each ballclub started the game with a double. In the top of the first, Carson Syse clubbed a double to right with one out. A pair of strikeouts left Carson stranded at second.
In the bottom of the 1st, Trace Kirchberg led off with a double to right and advanced to third on a ground out. But he too was left stranded.
In the top of the 2nd, the Jays got two on with one out, but the Crawdads executed a double play to squelch any scoring.
In the bottom of the 3rd, Columbus manufactured a run on a walk, HBP, and a single.
A Niles Monroe double in the top of the 4th posed a threat, but with two outs a strikeout put an end to their at-bat.
In the bottom of the 5th, Columbus added another run on an Eric Turnquist homer to left. A Dan Sabin double followed, but did not lead to any more runs.
In the next inning, the Crawdads came back to load the bases with one out, but a pair of consecutive strikeouts ended the inning.
And, in the 7th, Columbus added two more runs on a single and Dan Sabin home run to left.
Final score: Columbus 4 – Evansville 0
From the mound, a pair of Evansville pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts over 8 innings. The pair of Crawdad homeruns accounted 3 of 4 runs.
Columbus pitcher Eamonn Mulhern got the complete game victory by striking out 11 while scattering 5 hits. At the dish, Turnquist led the hitting with three hits (single, double, home run), two RBIs, and 2 runs scored. Sabin had a pair of hits (single, home run), the other two RBIs, and a run scored. Mulhern also had a pair of singles.
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