Local players making contributions with area Legion squads
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Union County high school baseball players are making contributions with several area American Legion baseball teams this summer.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Michael Crane was 1-for-4 with an RBI in Murphysboro’s 10-2 win over visiting Steeleville Friday, June 26.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Murphysboro improved to 15-2 overall and leads the 25th Division race with a 10-1 record.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Nick Crane was 2-for-4 with an RBI to help lead visiting Murphysboro to a 3-1 win over Carterville Thursday, June 25.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Michael Crane was 1-for-3 with a double in that game.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Nick Crane was 1-for-3 for host Murphysboro in a 4-3 win over Marion Tuesday, June 23.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Logan McMahan was one of three Murphysboro hurlers in the win, combining to pitch a four-hitter.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Logan Spalt and John Russell each pitched for Carbondale in a 10-2 loss to visiting Carterville Monday, June 22.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Spalt and J.T. Moore were each 1-for-3 at the plate for Carbondale.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Moore was 1-for-4 in Carbondale’s 4-1 loss to visiting Steeleville Thursday, June 18. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Nick and Michael Crane and McMahan are Shawnee High School baseball players. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Spalt, Russell and Moore are Cobden High School players.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">***</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Nathan Vicenzi and Brayden Benefield are playing this summer with the Cape Girardeau American Legion junior team.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The two A-J players were inadvertently left out of a preview of American Legion teams which appeared in a recent issue of the paper.</span></p>