Lincoln Land traveled to East Peoria to finish their 4 game set with Cougars. The Loggers won game one 7-4 and lost game two 4-12. LLCC scored 7 runs on 9 hits to push past the Cougars. Trailing 3-2 the Loggers had a big 4th inning as they scored 4 runs on 3 hits and 2 Cougar errors. Sam Goode led off the inning with a single through the left side of the infield. Nick Lonergan followed with a single to right advancing Goode to 2nd base. Drew Levitt reached on an error but was credited with a sacrifice bunt. Austin Muench flied out to left but no one advanced. With 1 out, Neal Aherin reached on a throwing error by the pitcher (2nd error). All runners moved as Goode scored to tie the game. Will Schneider flew out to left for out number 2. Colby Griggs (3-for-4 with 3 RBIs and 2 triples) came through with a triple to center and drove in two more runs, both unearned. Michael Reavy ended the inning on a grounder to second base. Sam Goode and Nick Lonergan each added two hits in the win.
Michael Ringer (5-1) was the winning pitcher for the Loggers. Ringer went 5 innings and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits. Tyler Borski struck out 3 Cougar hitters in his two innings of work to pick up the save.
LLCC was out hit 12-6 to lose game two, 12-4. The Loggers scored 2 runs in the first inning and the Cougars answered with 3 runs in their half. Trailing, the Loggers answered with 1 run only to be trumped again as the Cougars scored 4 runs in the second inning. ICC scored 5 more runs in game two and LLCC score 1 run in the top of the 7th.
Reed Willenborg (L, 5-3) was lifted in the second inning. LLCC used 4 pitchers in the loss (Logan Faber, Lucas Hall, and Blake Welch). Nick Lonergan was 2-for-4 and the only Logger with multiple hits
Lincoln Land is now 36-15 and 18-10 in the conference.