Mason Walker struck out 15 across six scoreless innings and Clinton beat Central A&M 4-0 in Central Illinois Conference high school baseball action from Moweaqua Tuesday.

Walker allowed two hits and walked three. The senior was backed by an RBI double from Brooks Cluver. Colton Walker and Jack Manning drove in runs as well for the Maroons.

Ryne Pine and Aiden Toohill added hits. 

Clinton goes to 17-7 overall and 7-2 in the Central Illinois Conference. They travel to Argenta-Oreana today (Wednesday).

The Maroons also learned Tuesday they will be in the fifth seed in its subsectional as a part of the Millikin Sectional. Postseason seedings come out today.

Gwyn Hardimon allowed two unearned runs and Central A&M took down Clinton 13-2 in a run-rule, five-inning win Tuesday in Central Illinois Conference high school softball action from Moweaqua.

Hardimon struck out eight, walked three, and permitted three hits.

Brooke Reeves was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored to lead Clinton. Heidi Humble drove in a run and walked twice. Aliviyah Haynes finished 1-for-2.

Clinton drops to 9-12 overall and 3-6 in the Central Illinois Conference. They are at Argenta-Oreana this afternoon.

Marrissa Miller and Isa Beery drove in two runs apiece to back a complete game effort by Reese Patton and Monticello beat Sullivan 7-1 in non-conference high school softball action from Monticello Tuesday.

Beery drove in two runs on a triple finishing 1-for-3 with a run scored. Miller was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a stolen base, and a scored a run. 

Patton went seven brilliant innings allowing an unearned run. The senior struck out two, walked one and permitted five hits. 

Sadie Walsh was 2-for-3 with a double and scored a run at the top of the order while Thea Key was 1-for-3 with an RBI, a stolen base, and scored twice.

Cassidee Stoeffel had two hits for Monticello. Lynsee Trybom added a base hit. 

Monticello goes to 14-12 overall. They host Maroa-Forsyth this afternoon. Hear today's action on 95.9 FM WEZC and online at dewittdailynews.com.

Tate Brandenburg's two-run double broke a 5-5 tie in the top of the seventh inning propelling Maroa-Forsyth past Riverton in a thrilling 8-5 Sangamo Conference high school baseball game Tuesday in Riverton.

The Hawks used a two-run inning in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the game up. The Hawks rallied to a tie twice but could never take the lead. 

Brandenburg's double was followed by a Zayn Giles RBI single and Kaiden Maurer finished off the win in the bottom half of the inning for Maroa-Forsyth. 

Brandenburg's seventh-inning double was his second of the game. The senior finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs and scored twice. 

Giles was 3-for-4 with an RBI while Mitch Williams and Maurer had two hits apice, including a double apiece and each scored two runs. 

Connor Kelly drove in two runs for the Trojans.

Maurer struck out four, and allowed a run on two hits in an 1 2/3 of relief for the win.

Maroa-Forsyth jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Riverton answered with three runs in the bottom of the second but the Trojans went right back on top in the top of the third with two more runs.

The score remained 5-3 until Riverton tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Maroa-Forsyth is 17-3 overall. They are 6-2 in the Sangamo. They host Tri-Valley this afternoon.

Lincoln easily dispatched Decatur Eisenhower 15-0 in a run-rule, five-inning win Tuesday in Central State Eight Conference high school baseball action in Lincoln.

Jarrett Evers led the way for the Railsplitters going 2-for-3 with a triple, three RBIs, two stolen bases, and two runs scored. Colby Glenn was 1-for-2 with two RBIs, a stolen base and scored two runs.

Trey Schilling doubled and scored a run while Michael Lucas, Brendan Wurth, Wes Tedrick, and Karson Komnick drove in runs.

Werth stole three bases. Tedrick, Lucas, and Komnick had stolen bases as well.

Dyllan Ferguson struck out six in four scoreless innings of one-hit ball. 

Lincoln is 13-7 overall and 4-3 in the Central State Eight. They will travel to New Berlin this afternoon.

Illinois baseball (26-15) got back into the win column with an emphatic 21-11 run-rule victory, in seven innings, over No. 24 Indiana State (31-10) at Illinois Field Tuesday.

Ryan Moerman went 4-for-5 at the plate with three home runs and nine RBI. Cal Hejza also had a multi-home run performance, going 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI. 

Connor Milton delivered the walk-off win with a solo blast to center to cap a 2-for-3 a double, home run, one RBI and two walk performance. 

The Illini slugged a total of seven home runs in the ballgame, their fifth game of the season with at least five round-trippers.

Jake Swartz picked up the victory out of the bullpen to improve to 2-2 on the season. The right-hander went 3.0 innings, giving up three runs on four hits and striking out two. Korey Bunselmeyer turned in a scoreless seventh inning, retiring all three batters on groundouts.

Coltin Quagliano went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and a walk - extended his career-best hitting streak to 20 games. Camden Janik went 2-for-3 with 2-for-3 with four runs and two walks. 

Illinois Hosts Ohio State this weekend. 

Iowa beat Illinois State 8-7 on Tuesday at Duane Banks Field, thanks to a late-inning comeback for the Hawkeyes with six runs across the 6th and 7th innings.

Illinois State (21-21 overall) was led by sophomore Daniel Pacella, who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Iowa improves to 25-17 overall including 17-3 at home this season.

Trailing 2-0, Illinois State scored the game's next five runs with three in the 3rd inning, one in the 5th, and one in the 6th. Two of the five runs for the Redbirds came off an RBI single by Pacella in the 3rd inning.

The Redbirds would rally late as senior Auggie Rasmussen sent out his 10th home run of 2024 in the top of the 9th to make it an 8-7 game, but it would not be enough for the win.

Illinois State is scheduled to host Western Illinois at Duffy Bass Field on Wednesday.

In a game heard on WHOW, Max Kepler drove in the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning for the second straight game, this time with a sacrifice fly, and the Minnesota Twins won their ninth in a row, 6-5 over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

The Twins extended their longest win streak since a 10-game run in June 2008. They also won their seventh in a row against the White Sox and put themselves in position to sweep Chicago again after taking four games at Target Field last week, though this one certainly wasn’t easy.

Chicago’s Andrew Benintendi homered leading off the eighth to tie it at 5 after Minnesota scored twice in the top half. But the Twins pulled it out in the ninth.

Danny Mendick gave Chicago a 4-2 lead with a two-run homer against reliever Kody Funderburk in the fifth inning.

Benintendi tied it when he led off against Cole Sands with his third homer. Mendick doubled, but Robbie Grossman struck out. Thielbar then retired Korey Lee on a pop fly and Nicky Lopez on a grounder.

The White Sox are a major league-worst 6-24 overall and 2-17 against the AL Central.

Chicago had 12 hits but was 2 for 11 with men in scoring position. The White Sox stranded nine runners.

Soroka gave up two runs and three hits in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander has a 6.48 ERA through seven starts.

The three-game series wraps up with RHP Bailey Ober (2-1, 4.21 ERA) pitching for Minnesota and RHP Chris Flexen (1-3, 5.11) getting the ball for Chicago. Ober has a 1.48 ERA in four starts since getting pounded in a loss at Kansas City on March 31. Flexen threw five scoreless innings in a win over Tampa Bay last week.

311 schools have teams entered in this year's IHSA bass fishing state tournament series. There are 25 sectionals around the state this Thursday with anglers trying to get to the state finals later this month at Carlyle Lake says the IHSA's Kurt Gibson.

This marks the 15th year for the IHSA State Tournament Series in Bass Fishing.

 Jack Flaherty tied an American League record with seven straight strikeouts to open a game and struck out a career-high 14 before the St. Louis Cardinals rallied against a usually reliable bullpen with a two-run ninth inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 in a doubleheader opener Tuesday.

Pitching against his first big league team, Flaherty kept the Cardinals off balance and flailing at four-seam fastballs and knuckle-curveballs.

Riley Green hit a fourth-inning home run off Kyle Gibson.

Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt and Alec Burleson had one-out singles in the ninth, with Burleson's driving in the tying run off Shelby Miller (3-3). Pedro Pages followed with a go-ahead sacrifice fly.

Matthew Liberatore (1-1) struck out two in a 1-2-3 eighth, and Ryan Helsley fanned two in a perfect ninth for his 10th save in as many chances.

Gibson, though, made the comeback possible by holding Detroit to one run on four hits over seven innings.

Wenceel Pérez hit homers from both sides of the plate, including a tiebreaking blast in the fifth inning, to help the Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-6 Tuesday night to split a doubleheader.

The Tigers went ahead again in the second game and pulled away with a four-run seventh.

Perez hit a right-handed, opposite-field solo shot in the second inning off Steven Matz and a left-handed, two-run homer against Ryan Fernandez to put Detroit ahead 7-5.

The 24-year-old Dominican became the first rookie to clear the fences for the franchise hitting right and left-handed in the same game since Raúl Casanova in 1996, and the first Tiger with any level of experience to do it since Victor Martinez in 2018.

Perez hit a homer for the first time in the majors on Sunday in his 16th game.

Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (2-3, 5.91 ERA) and Tigers RHP Kenta Maeda (0-1, 5.96) are scheduled to pitch in the series finale on Wednesday afternoon.

DJ Stewart hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning Tuesday night, lifting the New York Mets to a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.

Stewart had just three hits in his previous 23 at-bats before sending a no-doubt drive into the second deck in right field against Adbert Alzolay (1-3) to give New York a 4-1 lead.

With the arrival of designated hitter J.D. Martinez last week and the return Tuesday of right fielder Starling Marte from the bereavement list, Stewart's roster spot could have been in jeopardy. But the Mets hung onto the left-handed batter, and he certainly delivered against the Cubs.

All three runs against Alzolay were unearned due to a throwing error by Gold Glove shortstop Dansby Swanson. First baseman Patrick Wisdom also made a throwing error in the first, leading to Pete Alonso’s sacrifice fly.

Sean Reid-Foley (1-0) tossed a hitless sixth. Jorge López earned his second save after giving up a run in the ninth, when Mike Tauchman doubled and scored on a groundout by pinch-hitter Matt Mervis.

Miguel Amaya had a sacrifice fly for the Cubs in the second.

Chicago starter Javier Assad and Mets counterpart Sean Manaea each allowed one run in five innings. The teams were hitless in six plate appearances with runners in scoring position against the starters.

Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (4-0, 0.98 ERA) looks to continue the historic start to his career Wednesday night, when he opposes Mets RHP José Buttó (0-1, 2.86) in the third game of the four-game series. Imanaga is the first pitcher since 1901 to open his career 4-0 with a sub-1.00 ERA and at least 28 strikeouts in his first five starts.

In a game heard on WHOW, Clinton used a seven-run fourth inning to get by Decatur MacArthur 11-1 in a five-inning, run-rule win Monday in non-conference high school baseball action relocated to Lincoln.

Nearly 2.5 inches of rain fell in Clinton over the weekend leaving the Evans Field baseball diamond too wet for a game so Decatur MacArthur and Clinton relocated the game to Lincoln High School's turf baseball field. 

Mason Walker finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs, two stolen bases, and three runs scored to pace the Maroons' offense. Brooks Cluver was 2-for-2 with a triple, a stolen base, and a run scored. Colton Walker finished 1-for-3 with a double, two RBIs, and two runs scored.

Jack Manning, Brock Wilson, and Noah Bass drove in runs for Clinton.

Wilson struck out eight in five innings of one-run ball on the mound for the Maroons. The sophomore walked one and permitted three hits. 

Clinton is 16-7 overall and travels to Central A&M for a Central Illinois Conference tilt today (Tuesday).

Tri-Valley was too much for Clinton as the Lady Maroons fell 11-1 in non-conference high school softball action from Downs on Monday afternoon.

Zoey Whitaker hit a home run for the Lady Vikings and Kelsey Bartels drove in four runs on three hits - including a double. 

Heidi Humble hit a solo home run and drove in two, finishing 2-for-3 for the Lady Maroons. Brooke Reeves and Aliviyah Haynes also collected a hit for Clinton.

The Lady Maroons drop to 9-11 overall. They travel to Central A&M for a Central Illinois Conference matchup today (Tuesday).

Madison Stevens twirled a complete-game shut backed by an Ellie Ward homer and St. Joseph-Ogden blanked Monticello 2-0 in Illini Prairie Conference high school softball action from St. Joseph Monday afternoon.

Ward's sixth-inning homer broke a scoreless tie as Stevens and Monticello's Cassidee Stoeffel went toe-to-toe for most of the game. 

Ward struck out four while permitting six hits and a walk. 

Stoeffel allowed two runs in her seven innings of work. The sophomore struck out seven and allowed seven hits while issuing just one walk.

Monticello is 14-12 overall and 2-5 in the Illini Prairie Conference. They will host Sullivan this afternoon (Tuesday).

Landon Smith and Chance Payne hit home runs and Mt. Pulaski rolled to an easy 15-3 win over Meridian in non-conference high school baseball action Monday in Macon. 

Payne's grand slam in the third broke the game open for the Hilltoppers. 

Landon Smith finished 1-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Franklin Wake and Aaron Volle drove in two runs for Mt. Pulaski. Volle was 2-for-3 with a double and three runs scored.

Liam Smith struck out nine in five innings of work. He allowed three unearned runs with four walks and permitted three hits.

The Hilltoppers go to 19-1 overall. They will host Athens in Tomahawk Conference action on Wednesday.

Normal Community combined to score 43 runs in two easy victories over Peoria, 29-1 and 14-0 Monday in a Big 12 doubleheader sweep for the Ironmen in high school baseball action.

Kaileb Hackman and Dexter Niekamp both went yard in the opener. Hackman was 2-for-2 with a homer, a double, and five RBIs. Niekamp was 1-for-1 with a grand slam. Alex Herren had three RBIs while Riley Hendren and Ryan Thiele each doubled. Hendren, Reid Johnson, Luke Railey, and Justin DeHaii drove in two for the Ironmen. 

In the second game, Railey, Johnson, and Ben Schweigert drove in two runs to pace a 14-run attack. Collin Kearfott doubled for the Ironmen. Brady Burkhart had two hits for Normal. 

The Ironmen drew 14 walks in the second game and had just six official hits. 

Jack Richards struck out 11 in four innings of one-hit ball. 

Normal Community is 23-2 overall and 12-0 in the Big 12 Conference. They will take on inner-city rival Normal U-High on Wednesday.

Jack Livengood limited Normal West to four hits over 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball as Peoria Notre Dame blanked the Wildcats 5-0 Monday in Big 12 high school baseball action in Peoria. 

Livengood struck out eight, walked three, and allowed four hits.

Brady Hart was 2-for-3. Trent Durham walked twice and Sam DesCarpentrie and Bradyn Whitehead had a hit apiece for the Wildcats.

DesCarpentrie allowed five runs, one was earned in six innings on four hits with four strikeouts to two walks for the Normal West.

The Wildcats fall to 13-11 overall. They will host Peoria Notre Dame on Wednesday.

Max Kepler had a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Monday night for their eighth straight win.

Byron Buxton doubled to lead off the ninth against John Brebbia (0-1). Kepler, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the sixth, then drove him in with a line-drive single to right.

Caleb Thielbar pitched out of a first-and-third jam in the ninth, striking out Korey Lee to end the game after walking Tommy Pham and giving up a two-out single to Robbie Grossman.

Joe Ryan threw six solid innings for the Twins. Coming off a win against the White Sox last week at Target Field, he gave up two runs and six hits.

Brock Stewart worked the seventh, Griffin Jax (2-2) dodged a first-and-second jam in the eighth when he struck out Eloy Jiménez to end that threat, and Thielbar finished up to earn his second save.

Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer in the second to tie the score before Minnesota beat Chicago for the 12th time in the last 13 games. The Twins also matched their best winning streak since also winning eight straight in June 2011.

Andrew Vaughn lined an RBI double and scored in a two-run first to give the White Sox a 2-0 lead, but they couldn’t hang on after winning a season-high three in a row.

Garrett Crochet pitched five innings for the White Sox, allowing two runs and five hits after dropping his previous three starts. The left-hander struck out seven and walked one.

Michael Soroka (0-3, 6.83 ERA) will take the mound for the White Sox after lasting five innings, giving up four hits and striking out one against the Twins on Thursday. RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (1-0, 2.45) starts for Minnesota. He went five innings against Chicago last week, allowing seven hits and striking out six.

Christopher Morel hit a two-run homer off Edwin Díaz to snap a ninth-inning tie and the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 3-1 on Monday night after being held hitless by Luis Severino into the eighth.

Swanson singled off Severino with nobody out in the eighth for Chicago's first hit, putting runners at first and second following a leadoff walk to Michael Busch.

With runners at the corners and one out, pinch-hitter Nick Madrigal hit a broken-bat grounder to third baseman Joey Wendle, who had just entered for defense.

Wendle easily could have thrown out Busch at the plate, cutting off the tying run. Instead, the veteran infielder made an ill-advised decision to try for an inning-ending double play. Madrigal beat the relay to first and the Cubs evened it 1-all.

Brandon Nimmo hit his 13th career leadoff homer for the Mets, but Jameson Taillon shut them down after that in a fast-moving pitchers' duel that zipped by at a breakneck pace.

Mark Leiter Jr. (1-1) got two outs for the win, and Héctor Neris worked around two walks in the ninth for his fourth save. With two runners aboard, he struck out pinch-hitters DJ Stewart and Brett Baty to end a game that took just 2 hours, 5 minutes.

Mike Tauchman doubled off Díaz (0-1) with one out in the ninth. One out later, Morel drove a 3-1 fastball to left-center for his fourth home run.

Cubs RHP Javier Assad (2-0, 2.00 ERA) starts Tuesday night against LHP Sean Manaea (1-1, 3.33) in the second game of the four-game series.

Raiden Colbert homered and drove in three, Hayden Romano went the distance in a shutout effort as Monticello downs Warrensburg-Latham 8-0 in non-conference high school baseball action Saturday in Monticello.

Colbert hit a solo homer and doubled in another as the senior was a triple shy of the cycle, finishing 3-for-3 with two runs and three RBIs.

Romano struck out seven in seven shutout innings. The sophomore walked one and allowed three hits. 

Luke Teschke and Jacob Long drove in runs for the Sages. Matt Swartz was 2-for-3 with a run scored for Monticello.

The Sages go to 24-2 overall. They have an Illini Prairie Conference showdown with St. Joseph-Ogden on Monday in St. Joe up next.

Normal Community swept Plainfield North in a Saturday doublehead, 5-2 and 8-1, to extend a six-game winning streak from Plainfield in non-conference high school baseball action Saturday.

Luke Drengwitz and Kaileb Hackman each homered in the opening contest. Drengwitz hit a three-run home run in the second inning. Hackman opened the scoring for Normal with a solo shot in the first. 

Owen Cavanaugh finished 3-for-3 with a double, a stolen base, and two runs scored while Brady Burkhart was 1-for-3 with a double.

Three Ironmen pitchers combined to limit Plainfield North to a run. Ethan Eberle struck out five in 1 2/3 shutout innings. Hackman three two hitless, scoreless innings with four strikeouts.

In the second game, four Ironmen arms combined for a five-hitter. Cavanaugh threw two innings with three strikeouts and permitted the only run. Burkhart struck out two in an inning of work while Kyle Beaty and Parker Michels each threw a scoreless inning. 

Connor Kearfott was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and scored twice. Jack Richards, Luke Railey, and Reid Johnson each drove in runs for Normal.

With its two wins, Normal Community improves to 22-2 overall. They travel to Peoria on Monday.

Normal West split a double dip with Hononegah on Saturday, winning the opener 3-2 but dropped the second game, 11-7.

Sean Jenkins went six inings of two-run ball for Normal West. The junior struck out eight, walked one and allowed four hit. Leif Blair finished off the win for the Wildcats.

Brady Hart and Jenkins drove in runs. Trent Durham and Chase Reinhart stole bases for the Wildcats.

In the second game, Hart drove in two finishing 2-for-4. Knuth, Sam DesCarpentrie, and Jaxson Crancer doubled for Normal West. Crancer, Knuth, and Alex Olson drove in runs for the Wildcats.

With Saturday's split, Normal West goes to 13-10 overall. They are at Peoria Notre Dame on Monday. 

Illinois (25-16, 11-4) dropped its series finale to Maryland (27-17, 7-10), 11-7, today at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium.

Vytas Valincius led the way at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a run, double, home run and five RBI. Connor Milton also went yard in the contest, going 1-for-3 with two runs, a home run, an RBI and a walk. Cal Hejza reached base safely four times, going 2-for-3 with two runs and two walks.

Trailing 7-1, the Illini began chipping away at the deficit in the fourth, when Valincius led off the inning with a solo blast to left center. The Orange and Blue scored two more in the fifth, with Milton launching a solo round-tripper over the batter's eye and Valincius bringing home another run with a sacrifice fly to make it 7-4.

Maryland scraped a run across in the seventh but Valincius would come up clutch in the eighth, clearing the bases with a two-out, three-run double to make it 8-7.

Illinois left 10 runners stranded on base in the loss.

The Illini dropped two out of three over the weekend. Tey host Indiana State Tuesday.

Erick Fedde pitched a seven-hit ball into the ninth inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Sunday for a sweep of their three-game series.

White Sox LHP Garrett Crochet (1-4, 6.37 ERA) starts Monday night against Minnesota.

Illinois State dropped the series finale at Murray State with a 15-12 final at Johnny Reagan Field.

Senior Auggie Rasmussen delivered four RBIs for the Redbirds (21-20 overall, 9-9 MVC) but the Racers move to 26-17 overall and 9-9 in the MVC.

ISU scored three times in the 1st inning to lead 3-0, including a two-run home run by redshirt junior Judah Morris.

Murray State scored the game's next eight runs off a grand slam, two-run home run, and two-RBI double to lead 8-3 after two innings.

Rasmussen sent out a three-run home run in the 3rd inning to cut the deficit to 8-6.

The Racers scored seven of the game's next nine runs off four home runs to lead 15-8 after six innings.

A solo home run from junior Noah Rabin in the 7th inning brought the 'Birds to within 15-9.

In the 8th, Rabin narrowed the margin with a two-RBI double before Rasmussen drove in Rabin to trim the deficit to 15-12 as ISU would not push across another run.

Illinois State concludes a five-game road trip as the Redbirds head to Iowa City on Tuesday to face Iowa. First pitch is set for 6:05 p.m. CT.