Aaron Peskar, Mitch Reising and Jacob Grzywacz combined to no-hit East St. Louis Tuesday and help Collinsville to a 10-0 victory.

Dylan McEwen against East St. Louis / Photo by Roger Starkey

The triumvirate also struck out 13 in five innings and did not allow a walk as Collinsville  rolled to an 10-0 victory. Peskar and Reising each worked two innings, struck out five and did now allow a walk. Grzywacz struck out all three batters he faced in the fifth and final inning.

Collinsville Head Coach Pete Trapp said the pitchers threw well.

“They threw strikes,” Trapp said. “In baseball, when you do that, you’re going to be successful.”

The Kahoks (7-2, 1-1 Southwestern Conference) scored 10 runs on six hits, five walks, two batters hit-by-pitch, five wild pitchers and they reached on four errors.

Collinsville notched two first-inning runs without recording a hit. Peskar drew a one-out walk and scored when the Flyers right fielder circled a shallow foul ball of the bat of Tanner Houck, before allowing it to drop and Houck to advance to second.

With Aaron Ortiz batting, Houck advanced to third base on a wild pitch and scored on another wild pitch. It was the first of three times Houck scored on a wild pitch in the game.

Kyle Reeves was plunked by the Flyers starting pitcher, Saul Holmon, to start the second. He scored on an RBI single by Spencer Thomas. Grant Bauer followed Thomas with a sacrifice fly to score Alex Caputo, who had walked, giving CHS a 4-0 lead.

Houck beat out a bunt to start the third and worked his way around to the plate on an error and a wild pitch. At the end of three innings, Collinsville lead 5-0.

The Kahoks scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth, allowing the game to be called after five innings due to the 10-run-rule. Reising, Mathes, Houck, Ortiz and Sean Edrington all scored in the inning. Houck’s towering triple, that landed 3/4 of the way up the center field fence, also netted him two RBI.

Dylan McEwen caught in a game for the first time since late March. The starting catcher had missed time due to a surgical procedure. Second baseman/pitcher Reising handled catching duties while McEwen was out and sometimes found it difficult to handle Houck’s assortment of overpowering pitches.

“It was great having him back there, it was like having that big weight lifted off your shoulders,” Trapp said.

Collinsville will continue to get healthy, playing at full strength Thursday for the first time, Trapp said.