BELOIT — Ellinwood pitcher Drake Hosman and reliever Cooper Gunn earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Beloit to split Monday's baseball doubleheader. Beloit won the nightcap 5-3.
EAGLES 3, BELOIT 2 — Ellinwood's Hosman (3-1) struck out batters and Cooper Gunn recorded four outs to earn a save. Gunn struck out Joel Rexroat to strand the tying and go-ahead runners on base.
Beloit led 1-0 when Paxton Fouts singled home Ashton Bletscher. Ellinwood's Campbell Coleman doubled home Cade Coleman to ignite a 3-run third inning. Drake Hosman scored on a Banks Jacobs groundout. Trace Tudor singled in Campbell Coleman for a 3-1 lead.
Beloit's Alex Laflen scored on Rexroat's fifth-inning sacrifice fly.
BELOIT 5, EAGLES 3 (G2) — Beloit earned a 5-3 victory behind three pitchers who yielded a combined three runs. Banks Jacobs (0-2) yielded three earned runs.
Ellinwood's Hosman scored on a third-inning error and Cohen Gunn scored on Cooper Gunn's sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead.
Beloit responded with a 3-run third inning. Kanean Olson scored on a Paxton Fouts single. Bletscher and Fouts scored on groundouts. Beloit added two sixth-inning insurance runs. Jackson Weston and Olson scored on wild pitches.
Ellinwood 003 000 0 — 3 8 0
Beloit 100 010 0 —2 5 2
Hosman, Cooper Gunn (6) and Jacobs. Rexroat and Clark. W—Hosman 3-1. L—Rexroat. SV—Cooper Gunn. 2B—E—Campbell Coleman.
Ellinwood 002 000 1 — 3 8 1
Beloit 003 002 x — 5 4 3
Jacobs, Cooper Gunn (5), Cade Campbell (6) and Cooper Cohen. Fuller, Weston (4), Dunstan (7) and Clark. W—Weston. L—Jacobs, 0-2. 2B—E—Hosman.