The Kahoks scored single runs in the first, second and fourth innings while scoring twice in the third in going on to their season-opening win.
Kolby Anderson had two hits for Collinsville, with a double, stolen base and scored twice, while Darren Pennell also had two hits and a RBI and Ethan Bagwell had a double and two RBIs.
Thilman fanned the side in order in the second and led off the third with another strikeout while on the mound. Ryan Kremer got out of a sixth inning jam to preserve the shutout and Bagwell struck out two in retiring the side in order in the seventh to give the Kahoks the win.
Collinsville is now 1-0 to start the season and returns to GCS Ballpark, the home of the Gateway Grizzlies in the Frontier League, on Friday against Lockport in a 4:30 p.m. start. The Kahoks then finish their PBR schedule against Galesburg Saturday morning at Lloyd Hopkins Field in Alton's Gordon Moore Park in an 11:30 a.m. first pitch, then play at Triad March 21 before their home opener March 24 against Plano, with both games starting at 4... Click here to read full article
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