Erik Lockwood collected three hits, sparking the DeKalb County Liners (27-15) to a 3-1 victory over the Southland Vikings (18-23) on Friday at Homewood HS.
He singled in the fourth and sixth innings and homered in the eighth inning.The DeKalb County Liners relied on David Deliz to eat up innings en route to the win. Deliz allowed no earned runs, four hits and four walks while striking out three over eight innings of work.
Chris Chigas was effective even in defeat, mowing down eight the DeKalb County Liners batters and allowing three runs.
Chigas (3-2) took the loss for the Southland Vikings.