By Fred Kroner
Liam Barr and Luke Zimmerman drove in two runs apiece on Friday (May 6) as Villa Grove topped Heritage, 11-8, in a baseball game on the Blue Devils’ field.
Sam Bender, Peyton Smith and Tyler Wilson all scored two runs for Villa Grove. Smith and Wilson swatted doubles, the team’s only extra-base hits.
Brady Clodfelder and Parker Knierim combined to pitch a two-hitter. Knierim worked the final three hitless and scoreless innings and picked up the win. He walked four and struck out five.
Clodfelder walked five and fanned seven.
The Blue Devils overcame a 8-6 deficit with a four-run fifth inning.
Villa Grove (7-11) returns to action on Monday (May 9) at Argenta-Oreana.
