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F R E P BAS E B A L LThe Telegraph MARCiE M. BARNESklton s Jason McAtee (right) slides in safe at third while Roxana third baseman Michael Rust is unable to hold on to the throw in the third inning of the Redbirds lonconference prep baseball win Monday afternoon at Moore Park s Hopkins Field McAtee. who was l-for~2 with an RBI, was stranded on third and did not scon4Lefty sharp in start, gets plenty of support as Alton roughs up RoxanaBy STEVE PORTERThe TelegraphALTON — Nick Cline finished what he tarted Monday afternoon for the Alton ligh baseball team. And lat was fine with Redbirds oach Scott Harper.Cline hit a two-run home un to stake Alton to an arly lead. Then he pitched a scoreless inal inning as the Redbirds overwhelmed toxana 11-0 at Hopkins Field.The Redbirds improved to 3-3. TheALTON 11 ROXANA 0Shells are 4-3.“That home run and their four-run first inning took the winds out of our sails,” Roxana coach Mike Arbuthnot said “When you get down 4-0 against a good Class AA team like Alton, it takes awaythings you can do.”It also increased the Redbirds' opportunities. They made it 5-0 in the third and then scored six times in the fourth tomake a rout of it.“We were able to get out quickly against them and that made a difference,” Harper said. “Cline got us going on theright foot and then we had some big, two-out hits.”After Cline homered over the left field fence at Moore Park, Brent Phelps, singled and Trevor Matifes doubled before Jason McAtee supplied a sacrifice fly and Jared Dooley singled in a runWinning pitcher Dane Mercurio had all the support he needed The lefty gave up*See ALTON, Page D3See VIDEO at thetelegraph.com****«*♦*♦GREAT DANEWinning pitcher Dane Mercuriohad all thesupport he needed. The lefty gave up only two hits - both bunt singles - in four innings He then picked both of those runners offbase
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Alton Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Tue, Apr 03, 2007
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