ROCKTON, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — The NIC-10 race in baseball isn’t quite over yet, but it felt like it Monday afternoon after Harlem knocked off Hononegah 7-0. That boosted Harlem’s conference mark to 15-1, one game ahead of 14-2 Hononegah. Both teams have two conference games remaining, but Harlem’s are against 0-15 East and Hononegah’s will be against 11-5 Guilford.

This win for Harlem came on the heels of the Huskies loss to Hononegah last Friday 6-5 that had left the two teams in a tie for first place. The Huskies were confident they would bounce back knowing that they had ace pitcher Jackson Heidemann ready to take the hill for this rematch.

Heidemann proved again to be a big-game pitcher. He went all seven innings pitching a three-hit shutout. He walked only one batter, and he struck out eight.

He had lots of run support when Harlem scored two runs in the top of the first inning and four more in the top of the second. The Huskies added their other run in the top of the fourth inning.

The first four batters in the Huskies lineup combined to go 7-for 13 at the plate with four walks.

Finn Stovall went three-for-three with two RBIs and a walk. Braxton Fausett had a pair of hits, a walk, and he scored two runs. Cruz Cook had a hit, and he drove in a pair of runs. Ryan Miller added an RBI hit.

Harlem was also flawless in the field while also turning one double play.

Hononegah started with Luke DeLeo on the mound. He lasted 1 and 1/3 innings giving up five runs. Four other pitchers followed him.

Max Miller, Zach Nett and Grant Statler had Hononegah’s three hits.

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