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The No. 3-seeded Mendota Minor League baseball team scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning to propel it to a 9-7 victory over No. 6 River Forest in a state quarterfinal in Paris, Illinois.
Liam Christmann was 2 for 2 and scored three runs, while Kohen Piller went 3 for 3 with a run.
Brooks Pawlowski, Harry Coss, Emilio Arteaga, Brayden Piller and Julien Woods also scored runs for Mendota, while Arteaga, Brayden Piller, Frank Hochstatter, Connor Reppin and Kyle Henkel each had an RBI.
Arteaga earned the win in relief as he gave up one earned run on no hits with two strikeouts and one walk in 1⅓ innings. Brayden Piller retired the only two batters he faced to close out the game.
The semifinals and title game were scheduled for Tuesday.