Red Devils Earn First Win of 2022 with 4-0 Shutout of Edgewood

JACKSON, Miss. – The Eureka baseball team picked up its first win of the 2022 season with a 4-0 shutout over Edgewood at the Millsaps Tournament on Saturday night.

It was the team's first shutout since March 20, 2019, when the Red Devils earned a 2-0 win at Monmouth.

Junior Parker Brodine (Brimfield, Ill./Elmwood-Brimfield) recorded the first win of his career, holding the Eagles scoreless on five hits and zero walks in seven innings.

Sophomore Trevor Wingard (Decatur, Ill./Meridian) came on in the eighth and struck out two batters in two scoreless innings.

Senior Jimmy Peterson (Bloomington, Ill./Homeschooled/Monmouth) put the Red Devils on the board with a two-run homer in the fourth inning after Dylan Hill (Steeleville, Ill./Steeleville) led off with a single.

The Red Devils plated two more runs in the eighth inning when Karter Hostetler (Morton, Ill./Morton) singled up the middle to drive in Peterson and Braden Cox (Washington, Ill./Illini Bluffs/Black Hawk). Peterson singled to right field with one out and Cox singled to left-center to move him into scoring position. They then advanced to second and third on a wild pitch before Hostetler came up to bat.

At the plate, Eureka racked up 12 hits and a walk.

Leadoff man Caleb Wilson (Houma, La./Covington Christian) went 3-for-5. Peterson, Cox and Hostetler all had two hits, and Hill, Mason Diederich (Washington, Ill./Washington) and Lane Marlow (Camp Point, Ill./Camp Point Central/Roosevelt) had one apiece.

Millsaps 14, Eureka 0

The Red Devils had a rough go in the first game of the day, only getting three hits in 14-0 loss to Millsaps.

Peterson, Logan Anderson (Groveland, Ill./Morton) and Nathan Garard (Gibson City, Ill./Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley). Garard earned his first stolen base of the season.

The host school tallied 14 runs on 17 hits.

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 The Red Devils (1-2) are set to host Knox (0-0) in their home opener at Henry Sand Field on Wednesday at 1 p.m.