Lincoln Land dropped their first game on Saturday, losing 11-2 against Danville Area Community College in the double elimination Region XXIV Tournament.  The second seeded Loggers had their chances early, but failed to get much offense going. With the Loggers leading 2-1, Danville was able to get the big hit first, when CJ Norman belted a two out grand slam in the top of the fifth to give the Jaguars a 5-2 lead, and they never looked back.  Danville added six more insurance runs over the next three innings to shorten the game to eight innings.
 

Lincoln Land starter Devin Smith (9-1) suffered his first of the 2017 campaign.  Smith threw 6.66 innings, allowing seven earned runs on twelve hits, two walks and struck out nine.  Xavier Collier had two hits and an RBI for the Loggers.
 
Facing elimination, Lincoln Land rebounded with a 9-0, seven inning win over Illinois Central College in the night cap.  Logger lefty Tristan Weaver pitched a complete game shutout for his team leading tenth win of the year.  Weaver allowed only five hits, one walk, and struck out ten.
 
Lincoln Land pounded out eleven hits, including three more from Xavier Collier.  Jonathan Walder had two RBI singles and CJ Fleming was 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs.  Shortstop Nick Maton had a triple and drove in three runs.
 
Tomorrow's games will be played again at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.  Game one will feature the two undefeated teams, (1)Parkland vs (3)Danville at 12:00pm. (2) Lincoln Land (1-1) will play at 3:00pm against (4)Heartland (1-1) in an elimination game.