BASEBALL: Indians fall at home to Vernon Hills
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[The DuQuoin High School Baseball Team competed with Vernon Hills on Tuesday evening in a home game and came up short. DuQuoin lost to Vernon Hills 10-4. DuQuoin's record is now 1-2.
Vernon Hills scored one run in the second inning, 2 runs in the third, 6 runs in the fourth, and one run in the fifth. DuQuoin did their scoring in the fourth and seventh innings.
In the fourth, Jake Stanhouse led off with a double. He moved to third on a wild pitch. Trent Bigham reached on an error scoring Stanhouse. Bigham was picked off first. Sam Kuhnert singled and Seth Baxter hit a home run into left field to score two runs.
In the seventh inning, Brandon George singled to center then moved to second on a pass ball. Stanhouse then doubled to deep center field scoring George.
Trent Bigham (1-1) was the losing pitcher going 3 1/3 innings allowing 8 hits, 9 runs (6 earned), had 3 strikeouts, 2 walks, and one hit batter. Sam Kuhnert relieved Bigham going 3 2/3 innings, allowing 2 hits, 1 earned run, two walks and one strikeout.
Hitting for DuQuoin were: J.C. Davis 2-4, Jake Stanhouse 3-4 (doubles) and an RBI, Trent Bigham 0-3 with an RBI, Sam Kuhnert 1-2, Seth Baxter 1-3 (HR) and 2 RBI, and Drew Bennett 1-3.
Coach Tim Craft commented, "We have to learn to minimize damage and keep from allowing teams a big inning. We can't keep digging a hole for ourselves and expect to win many games. I am proud of the fact that we were down 9-0 and kept battling at the plate, but still disappointed at the outcome of the game. Sam Kuhnert came in and gave us a good 3+ innings of relief pitching and kept us in the game. We continue to improve at the plate; we now need to string some base hits together and put some runs on the board."
DuQuoin travels to West Frankfort on Wednesday for a game. (4:30)
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