Kason Pembroke came in relief and shut down the Hillsboro Hilltoppers as the Taylorville Tornadoes picked up a 13-1 win in five innings on a cold blustery Thursday afternoon.  Blake Ladage struck out Hillsboro's Clayton Rufus to start the game, but then gave up a base hit and lost his command walking three straight batters before Pembroke came in and shut the door dominating with 2 2/3 scoreless innings. Pembroke also had a RBI double. Carter Cappelin pitched well slamming the door in the fifth with a strikeout, flyout to second, and a final strikeout to end the game. 

The Tornadoes saw plenty of offense as Hillsboro pitchers were fairly shakey that included four runs in the first thanks to a base hit from Isaac Repscher and Kade Beckmier and seven runs in the fourth that included two stolen bases from Clark Durbin and a Hudson Demichael double.  

Pembroke was named the Nicole Patrick Country Financial Player of the game and Taylorville improved to 4-0 on the season. Taylorville heads to Jersey on Saturday at 11 AM.