EDWARDSBURG – The race for the Lakeland Conference baseball championship is beginning to look like it will come down to the final doubleheader between Edwardsburg and Brandywine later this month.

The Eddies kept stay a game behind the Bobcats with a sweep of visiting Cassopolis Wednesday afternoon.

Edwardsburg and Brandywine shared the championship last season after the Eddies swept the Bobcats at the end of the season.

Wednesday night, Edwardsburg held off a pesky Cassopolis bunch 4-0 in the first game and then scored a 10-0 victory in the second game, which lasted just five innings.

The Eddies scored single runs in the first and third innings to grab a 2-0 lead on the Rangers and then tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the fourth inning to complete the scoring.

Zach Thompson went the distance, allowing just four hits with 13 strikeouts and one walk for the Eddies.

Kevin Hatcher took the loss for Cassopolis.

Mike Kempton had three hits for Edwardsburg, which also got two hits each from Trevor Miliken and Wade Smous.

In the nightcap, Kyle Slack tossed a no-hitter with eight strikeouts in just five innings of work.

The Eddies finished with eight hits as Nate Blad took the loss for the Rangers.

Taylor Coquillard had a single and a double. Smous and Kempton each had two hits.
Wednesday’s doubleheader was a make-up from Tuesday.

First game
Cassopolis 000 000 0 – 0 4 2
Edwardsburg 101 200 x – 4 8 1
Zach Thompson (W)
Kevin Hatcher (L)

Second game
Cassopolis 000 00 – 0 0 2
Edwardsburg 341 02 – 10 8 1
Kyle Slack (W)
Nate Blad (L)
2B: Taylor Coquillard (E)
Varsity record: Edwardsburg 16-6, 6-2