Wiegand stays hot with 4th HR in 4 games, but Chargers fall twice at Cobras

GALESBURG — Austin Wiegand homered for the fourth time in four games, but the Carl Sandburg College baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader at Parkland on Monday.

GAME 1
Parkland 10, Sandburg 7
Sandburg         010      015      0          —        7          8          2
Parkland          001      315      x          —        10        11        1
L – Sammy Eisenberg 0.1 IP, 0 K, 0 BB

KEY MOMENT
Down 5-2 in the sixth, the Chargers pounced for five run to take the lead. Payton Hankins singled in a run, and Wiegand's RBI fielder's choice knotted the score. With runners at second and third, Anthony Nino delivered a two-out double to put Sandburg up 7-5, but the Cobras, receiving votes in the Division II rankings, answered with their own five-run rally in the bottom of the sixth. 

SANDBURG STANDOUT
Hankins reached base three times, going 1 for 2 with a pair of walks, a runs scored and two RBIs.

OTHER TOP CHARGERS
• Wiegand — 1 for 3, home run, two runs, two RBIs, stolen base
• Chase Mason — 2 for 4
• Jose Narvaez — 2 for 4, run

GAME 2
Parkland 11, Sandburg 1 (5 innings)
Sandburg         001      00        —        1          7          6
Parkland          126      2x        —        11        6          2
L – Mateo Pena 3 IP, 2 K, 4 BB

KEY MOMENT
The Cobras' six-run third inning helped them open up a 9-1 lead.

SANDBURG STANDOUT
Wiegand doubled twice in three at-bats and scored a run. His homer in Game 1 was his fourth since Friday and gave him a team-leading eight on the season.

OTHER TOP CHARGERS
• Hankins — 2 for 3
• Frank Kelch — 2 for 3

UP NEXT
2 p.m. Tuesday at Kishwaukee 

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