Josh Carter for Clinton and Nathan Koester for Tuscola locked in a pitchers duel as the Warriors overcame a shaky start to beat the Maroons 5-3 in Central Illinois Conference boy's baseball action.

The Maroons jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning. Dominick Thayer drove in a run in the three-run first. 

But the Warriors rallied to cut the deficit to 3-2 after three innings and scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take the 5-3 lead.

Four Maroons errors did not help Jaxson White who pitched an inning of relief of Carter as he allowed two unearned runs.

Carter went five innings and allowed three runs, two were earned. He allowed three hits and permitted two walks to two strikeouts. 

Koester went six innings for Tuscola allowing three unearned runs on just one hit with seven strikeouts and walked four batters. 

The Maroons drop to 0-2 overall while the Warriors improve to 1-3. 

Clinton will host Central A&M Wednesday afternoon. Hear the action on The Big 1520 AM/92.3 FM/106.5 FM WHOW and online at dewittdailynews.com, at the WHOW mobile app and at Amazon Alexa.