Danville, Ill. - After an exciting two-game sweep yesterday between the Illinois Central College baseball team (6-13, 2-2) and Danville Area, the two teams went right back to work, as the Cougars made the trek eastward to Danville Stadium to play the third and fourth games of the series with the Jaguars. There was no shortage of offense, with the teams combining to score 43 runs over the course of the doubleheader, as ICC dropped both games by margins of one run and eight runs, ending the series in a 2-2 draw. 

GAME 1 | DANVILLE AREA 8, ICC COUGARS 7
Luke Doty led the game off with a single, Noah Campbell singled, then Bryce Bishop added an RBI triple, Kyle Mack added an RBI single, and the Cougars had taken a 2-0 lead after half an inning. Danville Area answered with an RBI double in the bottom half, but Gavin Thompson held the Jaguars scoreless otherwise to stay in front. 

ICC's bats were held pat in the second and Danville Area countered to go up 3-2. The see-saw continued with an RBI double from Tyler Hansen, an RBI single from Eli Boeye, and an RBI single from Griffin Roesch to go back in front at 5-3 through two and a half. Danville scored three more to trade places again at 6-5. Mack scoring and Bryce Bishop doubling put the Cougars ahead 7-6. An RBI double and RBI single from the Jaguars made it 8-7 Danville. 

As back and forth as both teams' offenses had been over that midsection of the game, they went silent in the last few. Both teams were held scoreless in the sixth inning, and ICC was held scoreless in the top of the seventh, securing the one-run win. 

HITTING STATS
Luke Doty (CF) | 1 single, 2 walks
Noah Campbell (SS) | 1 single, 1 walk, 1 hit by pitch
Bryce Bishop (RF) | 1 double, 1 triple, 2 RBI
Kyle Mack (DH) | 3 singles, 1 RBI, 1 walk
Jacob Castleman (3B) | 2 singles
Tyler Hansen (LF) | 1 double, 1 RBI
Tyler Bishop (1B) | 1 single, 2 walks, 1 stolen base
Eli Boeye (C) | 1 single, 1 RBI
Griffin Roesch (2B) | 1 single, 1 RBI, 1 walk

PITCHING STATS
Gavin Thompson | 3 IP, 1 SO
Blake Norton | 2 IP, 0 BB
Caleb Diver | 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO

GAME 2 | DANVILLE AREA 18, ICC COUGARS 10
Buckle up for game two. 24 hours after game two in East Peoria combined for 25 runs, game two in Danville somehow surpassed that mark. The Cougars unfurled for six runs in the top of the first, powered by Luke Doty scoring on a wild pitch, an RBI walk from Jacob Castleman, Bryce Bishop scoring on an error, and a bases-clearing three-run triple from Nick Piazza. 

Not to be outdone it seemed, the Jaguars got an RBI double, two-run double, RBI single, three-run double, and RBI double to go from down 6-0 to ahead 8-6. The ICC offense found a way to get back into it, with an RBI double from Piazza and two-run double from Noah Campbell to retake the lead, now at 9-8. Danville would answer right back with a sac fly and an RBI single to make it 10-9 Jaguars. The Cougars tied it up at 10-10 in the fourth when Griffin Roesch scored Castleman on a sac fly. 

The offense would sputter, however, with Danville Area outscoring ICC 8-0 the rest of the way, a run that included a three-run home run. 

HITTING STATS
Luke Doty (CF) | 1 double, 1 walk
Noah Campbell (SS) | 1 double, 2 RBI, 2 walks
Bryce Bishop (RF) | 1 walk
Kyle Mack (1B) | 1 single, 1 walk
Jacob Castleman (DH) | 1 RBI, 3 walks
Kannon Kleine (C) | 1 single
Riley McCallister (LF) | 1 triple
Griffin Roesch (3B) | 1 RBI, 1 walk
Nick Piazza (2B) | 1 double, 1 triple, 4 RBI, 1 stolen base

PITCHING STATS
Cole Thomas | 2 IP
Brody Palmer | 2 IP, 1 SO
Broker Bailey | 2 IP, 0 BB, 3 SO

WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE COUGARS
@ Lake Land Lakers (7-10-1)
Tuesday, March 12th - 3:00 PM
Laker Baseball Field - Mattoon, Ill.
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