LINDEN — Bryon Cox Post 72 won three games over the past weekend.
The team defeated Watseka, Illinois Post 23 10-3 on Friday and on Sunday they swept Rantoul, Illinois Post 287 in a doubleheader by scores of 4-3 and 14-6.
In the first game at Rantoul, Post 72 scored the winning run with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. D. Heaton walked and stole second base and advanced to third on a groundout by Kyven Hill. Heaton scored on a passed ball.
Post 72’s Aiden Riser and Payton Grimmett each hit triples and collected one RBI apiece.
Hill picked up the victory on the bump in relief of Talyn Sheldon who pitched four innings and game up three runs on seven hits. Riser retired the last batter to earn a save.
In the nightcap, Post 72 outhit Rantoul 12-6 in a five-inning game.
Trailing 4-3, Post 72’s offense came alive by scoring 11 runs in their last two at-bats.
Crawfordsville’s Aiden Ambriz-Cruz went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored two runs.
Post 72 recorded four extra base hits including a 2-run homerun by Riser to put his team on the board in the third inning.
North Montgomery graduate Keaton Brown had 4-RBI including a bases loaded triple in the top of the fourth frame. Brown scored on a Rantoul error during the play.
Crawfordsville’s Ethan Campbell picked up the win by pitching three innings and giving up four runs. Riser recorded a save by pitching two innings surrendering two hits and two runs.
On Friday, Greencastle’s Sam Gooch led the Post 72 offense. The left-handed hitter was 3-for-4 at the plate, scored three runs and collected 2-RBI.
Cayden Scott, in his first start of the season, picked up the win by pitching three innings and surrendering two hits and one run. Pitchers Nate Kouns and Brown held Watseka to just four hits.
Crawfordsville has won five consecutive games and improved their record to 8-1 and will play host to undefeated Terre Haute Post 18 at 7 p.m. Tuesday at North Montgomery High School.
There is no admission charge for Post 72 games.
