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The Telegraph/MARGIE M. BARNESRory Fox of Alton is safe at second after a steal attempt Is Belleville East second baseman Jason Burrow. The Lane-Monday at Moore Park’s Hopkins Field. Making the late tag ers won 3-2.By GREG SHASHACKTetegraph sports writerALTON — It’s not often that coach Dennis Schutzenhofer finds himself pulling for a team other than his Belleville East Lancers.But alter East knockedAlton 1 Vz games off the pace in the South-westernConferencebaseball race with a *3-2 victory Monday afternoon at Moore Park’s Hopkins Field, Schutzenhofer will turn into a Redbirds fan today. “We’re rooting for Alton tobeat Edwardsville and weLancers 3 Redbirds 2think they can do it,” a smiling Schutzenhofer said of this afternoon's conference showdown sending the Redbirds to front-running Edwardsville.The Tigers stand atop the SWC standings with a 9-2 record, a half-game ahead of the 8-2 Lancers and 1Vlt;2 games in front of 7-3 Alton.The Redbirds (17-4) will send senior Dustin Cowan (5-1) to the mound against Edwardsville, which will likely counter with junior BenHutton (8-1).The Redbirds beat Hutton and the Tigers 3-0 in their firstencounter at Hopkins Field,but Alton coach Michael Bellm will be looking for astronger effort than he got from his Redbirds on Monday.‘‘We’ve got to play better than this, that’s for sure,” Bellm said. “We’re going to go out and suit up for it just like we suit up for every other game. It’s another game on the schedule, that’s the way we’ve got to look at it. Come out and play with intensity and heart and not give anything away.”Which is what the Redbirds failed to accomplish against East. The Lancers took advantage of two Alton errors to take a 1-0 lead in the first inning, ending Alton pitcher Jeremy Elliott’s string of scoreless innings at 14V1Thr Rodhirds also lostcatcher Craig Harmon, who suffered a cut behind his ear while tagging out East’s Greg Distler at the plate with nobody out in the first. It tooknine stitches to close the wound, which is likely to keepHarmon out of the lineup today.Elliott (5-1) took the loss, giving six hits, two walks and striking out one in seven innings. The Lancers scored twice with two outs in the fifth to give their ace, Brandon Musso, a 3-0 lead.But in the bottom of the fiflh, Alton responded with a leadoff triple by Mike Spring-man and singles by Danieln Al TON Panp C-5
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Alton Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Tue, May 13, 1997
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