BARRINGTON 2, EDWARDSVILLE 1; EDWARDSVILLE 10, LaSALLE-PERU 0 (5 INNINGS): Edwardsville finished in seventh place Saturday at the Washington (Ill.) Tournament, falling to Barrington 2-1 in their final group game, then short-gaming LaSalle-Peru 10-0 in five innings in the seventh-place game. The Tigers at 16-4 on the year after dropping three of four games on the weekend.
Against Barrington, two runs in the sixth gave the Fillies the win; Taryn Brown was 2-of-3 with a double for the Tigers with a RBI that scored Maria Smith, with Anna Burke, Sarah Hangsleben, Lauren Taplin and Brooke Webber also getting hits. Jordan Garella took the loss, striking out one in going the distance.
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Against the Cavaliers, Jordyn Henricks threw a five-hit shutout, striking out four, to help get the Tigers back on track; Hangsleben went 2-for-3 with a triple, three RBIs and run scored for EHS, with Burke going 1-for-3 with a RBI and run scored, Smth 1-for-3 with two runs scored, Taplin 1-for-3 with a RBI and Webber 2-for-3 with a RBI and run scored.
Edwardsville hosts Hardin-Calhoun at 4:30 p.m. Monday, then meets East St. Louis at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday at home before traveling to Collinsville at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
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