GREENVILLE, Ill. – The Spalding baseball team won their SLIAC Tournament opener over Westminster, 7-3, Thursday at Robert E. Smith field in Greenville, Ill. The Golden Eagles improve to 31-10 on season and face the winner of #1 Webster vs. #2 Greenville tomorrow at 3:00 pm EST.

THE BASIC
SCORE: Spalding 7 – Westminster 3
LOCATION:  Robert E. Field | Greenville, Ill.
RECORDS: Spalding 31-10, Westminster 20-14

HIGHLIGHTS

The Golden Eagles got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second when Quenton Brownlee lifted a ball high into the air that carried just over the left field wall to put SU ahead, 1-0.

Following a pair of Blue Jay runs in the top of the fifth, senior Clay Kelly hit a three-run bomb to left field driving in Evan Trentman and Eric Meyer to put the Golden Eagles back in front, 4-2.

SU added three more runs in the seventh inning extending the lead to five runs. A Matt Harper sacrifice fly to center field scored Garrett Wilson for the first run of the inning. Q Brownlee hit his second homer of the game, this time to center field, scoring Kelly for the final runs of the game.

STAT LEADERS

Quenton Brownlee batted in three runs going 2-for-4 with two home runs.

Clay Kelly also drove in a trio of runs coming on a go-ahead three-run homer.

Garrett Wilson had a solid day going 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored.

Jimi Keating (9-1) earned the victory holding the Blue Jays to two runs, on seven hits, while striking out 12 batters and walking none, in 8.0 innings pitched.

FOR THE FOES

Nick Bohlmann led the Blue Jays going 2-for-5 with two runs batted-in.

Ian Cassidy (7-3) suffered the loss allowing seven runs, on nine hits, in seven innings pitched.

UP NEXT

The Golden Eagles are back on the diamond Friday at 3:00 pm EST taking on the Webster Gorloks in Greenville, Ill.