The Taylorville baseball team is celebrating an opening day 5-3 win against Nokomis.  Three home runs helped the Tornadoes to two wins from three to begin the season. 

Nokomis got started early, with an RBI-single from Izaak Doyen bringing home Blain Goodwin in the opening inning.  The first of Taylorville's homers levelled the proceedings in the second when Fallon Turner cleared the fence just inside the right-field foul pole.  A pair of errors allowed Nokomis to regain the lead in the third before Maxx Grieme smashed his team's second home run to a similar location as the first.  

The away side held a 3-2 lead before the Tornadoes put up two in the fifth inning.  Walks, sacrifices, and a pair of errors proved troublesome for Blain Goodwin, pitching in relief for Kannon Jonas.  Doyen took over to record the final out and leave the bases loaded.  He did, however, concede the third home run to Isaac Repscher in the sixth inning.  Nokomis put two runners on base with one out in the seventh but could not bring any home.

Kason Pembroke pitched the complete game for Taylorville.  He gave up one earned run on six hits, four walks, and one hit batter while striking out seven.  Colton Gatton was the only Tornado with multiple hits - a single and a double.  That, combined with key defensive plays, won him the title of New Country Nicole Patrick Country Financial Player of the Game.  For Nokomis, Blain Goodwin went 2-4 with a stolen base and the aforementioned opening run. 

Taylorville improves to 2-1 ahead of a trip to Litchfield on Tuesday.