Philipsburg drops Lemont in County League baseball

The Spike Island Pirates scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning, then held off a comeback attempt to beat the Lemont Ducks 5-4 Thursday evening at Spring Creek Park.

With the game tied 2-2 entering the seventh, Derek Shaw clubbed a three-run double to put Philipsburg ahead. Lemont tried to rally with a Josh GLunt two-run double, but Glunt was stranded at second as the tying run.

Parker Watson and Matt Curtis each had a single and double to lead the Pirates, while Isaac Knepp struck out five for the win.

Matt Cavorsi was 2 for 3 while Calvin Sichler struck out 12 in the loss for Lemont.

This story was originally published June 17, 2016 at 12:08 AM with the headline "Philipsburg drops Lemont in County League baseball."