By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
KILJ — It was a long night of baseball in the southeast Iowa region:
Mount Pleasant 4, Keokuk 3
Keokuk 7, Mount Pleasant 6
The Mount Pleasant baseball team split a traditional doubleheader against Keokuk last night, taking game one 4-3, while falling in game two 7-6.
Jack Johnson was the winning pitcher in the first tilt, throwing six innings of three run ball while striking out nine.
Keokuk scratched their first run across in the 6th inning against Johnson who was stellar in his second start of the season.
Carter Amos had three hits in three trips to pace the Panthers offensively.
Cooper Keldgord struck out the side in the 7th inning to earn his first varsity save.
In game two, Will Edeker drove in the game-tying run in the 7th inning but it was Keokuk with the last laugh, as the Chiefs scored the game-winning run on a walk-off base on balls as they picked up a 7-6 win.
Keokuk’s Josh Will was walked by Keldgord with the bases loaded forcing in the winning run.
Edeker led Mount Pleasant’s offense with three hits while Jake Ensminger had two hits and scored two runs.
The split moved Mount Pleasant to 1-2.
Keokuk picked up their first win over Mount Pleasant since 2017, a streak that spanned 11 games.
They’re now 1-3.
Notre Dame 11, Danville 3
Josh Smith was stellar on the bump, as Notre Dame picked up an 11-3 win over Danville yesterday in Burlington.
Brady Oleson led the Nikes offensively with a three-pack of hits. Carson Chiprez and Owen Gulick aided the onslaught with two hits of their own.
Notre Dame improved to 3-1.
Danville slipped to 1-1.
Keota 10, Winfield-Mount Union 3
Keota struck for seven runs in the 3rd inning, as the Eagles rolled to a 10-3 win over Winfield-Mount Union last night.
Patrick Clarahan had two hits, two runs batted in and a pair of stolen bases to lead the the eagles.
Luke Hammen worked four innings to earn the win on the hill for Keota.
Winfield slumped to 0-6.
Mediapolis 6, Hillcrest Academy 2
Mediapolis scored four times in the 1st inning jumping out a four-run lead as they put it in cruise control yesterday in a 6-2 win over Hillcrest Academy.
The Bulldogs scored two insurance runs in the 4th as their pitching and defense shined against the Ravens.
The win moved Mediapolis to 2-4.
Wapello 16, Columbus 1
Van Buren County 8, Central Lee 7