Mercer County went on the road Thursday to Carthage for a match up with Illini West and the Golden Eagles road the hitting and pitching of sophomore Jake Reusch to post a 5-2 victory. Reusch went six innings giving up three hits, striking out nine and walking two to get the win. Reusch also hit a three run homer in the sixth to extend Mercer County’s lead to 5-1. Anthony Ruggles and Jaydon Dellitt also had two knocks for the Golden Eagles, who improved to 2-0 on the year.
In other baseball action, Galva pounded Midland 13-0. In softball, Galva also posted an easy 17-2 victory over Midland.