BSE Outlasts Mulberry Grove in EIC Battle

Runs were far from hard to come by in an Egyptian Illini Conference baseball battle between Brownstown-St. Elmo and Mulberry Grove on Wednesday with the Bombers pulling out the close 14-12 win over the Aces. Errors also stacked up in the game with 16 in the game between the two teams. Mulberry Grove took the early lead 3-0 after the top of the 1^st and led 5-2 at the end of the 3^rd inning. The BSE offense kicked in during the bottom of the 4^th inning with the Bombers putting up 7 runs in the inning to make it a 10-9 ballgame, with BSE trailing by a single run. The Bombers would tack on 5 more runs over the next two innings while holding Mulberry Grove scoreless to hold a 14-10 lead going into the 7^th inning. The Aces would put two more runs on the board n the top of the 7^th but would fall short as BSE close out the game and the 14-12 win. BSE is now 4-3 on the season and 1-0 in the EI Conference while Mulberry Grove is 1-4 on the season and 0-1 in the EIC. BSE will next host South Central on Friday while Mulberry Grove will be back home on Thursday to host CHBC. BSE Coach Ryan Beccue talking about the comeback and winning their 3rd straight game of the week.